There are no words to describe Zion, you just have to come here to see for yourself. Everywhere you look is a beautiful view of the canyon. We started the day by taking the shuttle (the park road is closed to private vehicles much of the year) to the last stop where there is a walk along the river (Riverside Walk). It is paved, although there are a few alternate trails that are sandy right next to the Virgin River. The canyon narrows as you go north along the river. At the end of the walk, some folks continue in the river to go thru the Narrows.
We took a guided tour of the north end of the canyon. It stopped at the Great White Throne. It was spectacular in the early evening.
We hiked a number of “easy” trails. One of them went to the Weeping Rock. There are a number of places in the canyon where the rocks “weep” water. It is a result of water finding an impermeable rock layer and this causes the water to go sideways thru the rock. Not only was this very interesting, but the view from the rock was wonderful. The sparkles in the video are the water drops falling from the rock.
We are returning to Zion tomorrow to hike a trail to the Emerald Pools and we are also going to take a ride to Lava Point, a part of the park most people don’t visit.