Touring the West – Angel’s Landing
Touring the West – Angel’s Landing and Zion National Park – Images by Will Parson
Many visitors to Zion National Park undertake the vertigo-inducing hike to the peak of Angel’s Landing despite it being one of the more grueling trails. It takes most people five hours to complete the five mile journey to the top of Angel’s Landing and back. I did it in half that and still took a bit of video now and then, admittedly while sucking in much-needed oxygen.
I stopped at Weeping Wall on the way back toward camp, and continued on to the town of Springdale, a tourist haven full of ice cream cones and souvenir minerals. The hotels and lodges in Springdale seemed to be doing brisk business, but for me sunset meant back to my tent.
In case you haven’t noticed, touring the West is an ongoing series. It’s been almost a week since my last installment, but posts should be more frequent from here on. One thing that’s for sure is I won’t be doing a “one day to one post” ratio for the three weeks of material. I can’t imagine anyone wants to see that much of my summer vacation.
Here’s Day 1 and Day 2 of Touring the West.
And here’s a video I made of Angel’s Landing in Zion National Park.
Touring the West – Angel’s Landing from Will Parson on Vimeo.
