Southern Utah is famous for red rock canyons and towering cliffs. Descriptive words will never do this area justice. The massive sandstone cliffs of cream, pink, and red soar into a brilliant blue sky. Long before today’s landscape even appeared, streams, oceans, deserts, and volcanoes deposited thousands of feet of mud, lime, sand, and ash across the …
National Parks are kind of a shit show these days. I think it’s just that I am so used to being away from cities and crowds that sometimes the whole scene is a little much. Late one afternoon we drove a few miles outside Zion National Park and rode the rest of the way to …
Wow! We hit the scenery and solitude jackpot with this part paved and part gravel/dirt road ride. Our ride up Smith Mesa, around the backside of Zion and down Kolob Terrace was around 33 miles with 3079′ of climbing. We started from a parking lot in Hurricane Cliffs along the Virgin River and rode up …
It’s no secret I am not enthusiastic about hiking on popular trails with lots of folks around. The hike out to Northgate Peaks in Zion National Park has to be timed right or you will come across lots of families since the first couple miles are easy. Our hike was 6 miles with 1100′ of …
From camp we can see the magnificent towering cliffs and mesas of Zion. We took a morning to hike Eagle Crags just outside the park and loved it. This hike is 7 miles with 1300′ of climbing with great views across the valley to Zion. The best part of this hike is you don’t have …