Hidden Canyon - 4.27.2016
The trailhead for Hidden Canyon is Shuttle Bus Stop #7 in Zion Canyon... the hike for us was 4.4 miles roundtrip, gaining ~1200 feet of elevation.
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After hiking the East Rim Trail for 1 mile, we will head for Hidden Canyon.
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Tight switchbacks on the way to Hidden Canyon.
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On the way to Hidden Canyon we took a slight detour to an overlook of Zion Canyon.
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The view from the overlook... Angels Landing and The Organ are in front of Cathedral Mountain.
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Nanda and ragman from the overlook... Zion Canyon is below.
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Anna Purna and Denali Girl working the chains on the way to Hidden Canyon... Observation Point on the left.
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Nanda on a narrow section of the trail to Hidden Canyon... Observation Point behind her.
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The trail is really narrow in this one spot.
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Still working the chains.
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From our high point near the entrance to Hidden Canyon we are looking at Angels Landing and The Organ in front of Cathedral Mountain.
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Heading back down from the entrance to Hidden Canyon.
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Coming back down... people up on the left are at our high point.
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After we got back to the junction with the East Rim Trail we took the short hike on up the East Rim Trail to the lower part of Echo Canyon.
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There is an impressive slot in this portion of Echo Canyon.
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