Monday, July 22, 2013

Tolosarrak in The West. Part IV: Zion, The Narrows

As I told you in the previous post we decided to do two activities in one day, so, after climb to the Angel's Landing, we had lunch  ant took some rest for a while and we went to the Zion Narrows.
This is the description of the hike I found in the Park website:

The Virgin River has carved a spectacular gorge in the upper reaches of Zion Canyon: 16 miles long, up to 2,000-feet deep, and at times only 20 to 30-feet wide. The Narrows, with its soaring walls, sandstone grottos, natural springs, and hanging gardens can be an unforgettable wilderness experience. Hiking The Narrows means hiking in the Virgin River. At least 60 percent of the hike is spent wading, walking, and sometimes swimming in the river. There is no maintained trail because the route is the river. 

We went from the bottom until the point where Orderville Canyon joins the main canyon. There is an around 5 miles round trip and going beyond this point is prohibited unless you have a permit.

As you will see in the video the hike is incredible and considering that outside the temperature raised until 115 degrees (45 Celsius) we spent most of the time in the water.



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