Zion National Park hiking Angel's Landing

Last Weekend we also did a Hike in Zion National Park called Angel's Landing. It climbs up to the top of a large 1500 foot buttress that towers above the Virgin River Gorge. It starts out as a nice wide trail carved up the cliffsides but the last quarter mile to the summit because it is along an exposed ridgeline as narrow as 3 feet wide in some places with sheer thousand foot drops on both sides. The park service has installed chains to use as handholds and even though it can be scary if you are afraid of heights it is not actually very dangerous as demonstrated by the large amount of families who hike it every day without incident.

Bryce Canyon Hiking and Hail Storm

As part of last weekend's tour of Southern Utah Julie and I stopped by Bryce Canyon National Park and hiked the Navajo and Queen's Garden Loops. Not only were we able to take in some amazing scenery including the famous "hoodoos" but we had some added excitement when the sky suddenly turned black, the temp dropped from 75 to 39 and we got pummeled by a quick but mighty burst of hail.

Lone Peak Hike and Shenanigans - June 2009

Yesterday Julie was running in a 10 mile trail race (where she won 1st place in her age group) so not to be outdone I planned a Lone Peak hike for the same day.  Myself, Charlie, Pat, and Pat's brother in law Dave set out right at sunrise and had an amazing time.  It's a good thing we did it yesterday because it has been snowing up there all day today!

Rather than Ramble on like I usually do, Charlie and I have distilled the footage from the hike into a video.  Make sure you watch till the end or you may miss the assorted antics of boulder rolling, synchronized skiing, and the world famous "Peanut Butter Jelly Time"

Be Sure to click the "HQ" button at the bottom of the video to get better quality