Hiking through some of the slot canyons in Southern Utah can be intimidating and claustrophobic.
You Better Be Thin, Adventurous & Have The Ability To Shapeshift.
Category: Active Outdoors
Video Of Desert Bighorn Sheep
The rut is on and the Rams and Ewes don’t seem too interested. Maybe Later?
From Zion National Park this week. Watch ar HiDef at Full Screen. Music is Swinging Hawaii by Kitty, Daisy & Lewis athough I Get Around by The Beach Boys was considered.
New and Last Job
Guiding for Zion Jeep Tours where I take people out to some cool places around Zion NP with some awesome views enabled by negotiating some nasty off roads. We also do Stargazing tours!
Name That Tune?
Hint: It’s not an alien
Colorado Has Wineries? Who Knew…..
We visited 3 wineries in Paonia where the wines were awesome as were the views. All of these photos were shot with my iPhone.
Stone Cottage Cellars in Paonia. The netting is to keep bees, birds and other pests from eating the grapes. It’s almost harvest time and the grapes are very sweet.
Azura Winery reminds one of a villa in Italy but it’s in Colorado.
ZenZen Gardens is home to Alfred Eames Cellars and a lot of flowers in Paonia.
Of course I had to buy some bottles.
Astrolizard?
That’s the name of a big wall climbing route at Zion National Park that my friend Kyle completed yesterday along with his friend Alain. It’s about a 700 foot climb and they were the third group to ever complete this route. Somebody had to take the photos!
Off The Well-Beaten Path.
I showed you images from the iconic Narrows hike at Zion yesterday, but these images are from a small and remote slot canyon called Red Canyon outside the park. My friend Scott brought his adorable 6 -year old daughter along and she couldn’t get enough.
The Iconic Narrows At Zion National Park
When people visit Zion, I tell them they must hike The Narrows. It’s a huge slot canyon that the Virgin River has carved over millions of years. It’s not necessarily a hike as much as it’s a ford. You’re hiking in the river 80 percent of the time. So bring a pair of your old hiking shoes and a hiking pole for stabilization. And of course a good camera. These images are from this past summer.
Walter’s Wiggles
Named after Zion National Park’s superintendent, Walter Ruesch, these switchbacks were constructed in 1926. These series of 21 switchbacks lead to the diabolical Angel’s Landing trail but you better be in decent shape to conquer both.
Crazy Canyoneering
From last week. My friend Lian’s first time but she looks like a pro. Obviously I completed what she is doing because how else would I have gotten this shot? Near Zion National Park, which is a mecca for canyoneering and rock climbing. The one thing we learned is to make sure the rope reaches to the bottom!
Below is our fearless leader Steve descending into another canyon at Zion NP
