Thursday, December 23, 2021 -- Snow Canyon State Park, UT -- Part 7

 

Monday, December 27, 2021 -- Zion National Park -- Part 5

Moss & Lichen...

Fantastic tree...

The rocks on the left side of the trail were perfectly placed for seating...

Pretty high up the side of the canyon...

Very twisty trail up...

 

Sunday, December 26, 2021 -- Three Falls Trail near Hurricane, UT -- Part 2

Once you get about half way up the canyon wall, there's a narrow foot path...

Looking back to the start of the hike from next to the pointy rock...

Looking up the trail as it continues up the canyon.

Don't know how far it goes but we had limited daylight so we turned around...

 

Thursday, December 23, 2021 -- Snow Canyon State Park, UT -- Part 6

Coming back from the slot canyon.

It's directly behind CM but hard to tell in the picture...

 

Monday, December 27, 2021 -- Zion National Park -- Part 4

Water falling from the middle emerald pools...

The path goes "behind" the water falls...

Lots of interesting moss and lichen on the rocks...

 

Sunday, December 26, 2021 -- Three Falls Trail near Hurricane, UT -- Part 1

Late afternoon hike at a local trail near Hurricane, UT.

We stayed in Virgin, which is only a few miles away from Hurricane (& just a short drive to the entrance to Zion National Park).

Car is still salt covered...

It's hard to see but the trail actually goes steeply up the left side of where T is standing and goes up to the sharp pointed rock in the distance.

Then it keeps going up the canyon beyond...

The canyon is dry (no water in the falls...).

The trail goes up the side of this canyon and is pretty steep at first.

It's not marked so at first it's hard to tell that this is even the trail...

Came up a couple of hundred feet above the canyon near the pointy rock...