Zion - Angels Landing

Angel's Landing is a 1488 foot climb up to the summit overlooking Zion Canyon. There is a series of switchbacks on 2 faces of the cliffs. The first series look like the Great Wall of China....

The trail blends into the rock but if you look closely you will see little dots of people... Then the trail passes through Refrigerator Canyon...when I stopped, I could hear frogs inside the canyon. Then one approaches a set of 21 switchbacks named Walter's Wiggles named after the 1st Superintendent of the Park...he designed them and I think the CCC built them..still can't get a straight story on that. However I am appreciative of the trail as I would never come up here if it weren't for the easy path! Then just when you think you are at the top, you look over and you have a very narrow ridge to cross and a peak to climb! The guy standing under the pine tree is looking at other people on the ridge...there is a chain for holding on to...thank goodness!!This is NOT a time to look down!

Once on the top we acted silly and tried to pose like the Karate Kid.....heights do something to your brain......the wind was way too strong for me to lift my leg very high plus I was wearing a skirt and it wasn't very lady like.......Troy did a much better rendition.

View of the Virgin River and the road from the top. These are the 2 guys I hiked with....we all met on the trail....Troy who lives here and Tom from Germany......then Troy invited us to his house for a game of Dominoes and a locally brewed beer....Springdale Amber Ale....I whipped them in Dominoes!

Angel's Landing in the background!