Starting out at the Visitor Center parking lot
Cycling Zion Canyon
We did this trip in November, and the temperatures were pleasant. Cycling the main part of Zion National Park has no steep slopes, and now that they use the canyon shuttle system, there is no problem with traffic, or the smell of gasoline fumes. Of course, the scenery is some of the best in the world.
Even if you have to rent bicycles in Springdale, give this trip a try – you'll be glad you did!
Starting
out at the Visitor Center parking lot
Heading
east on the Pa' Rus Trail, just east of the campgrounds
Fall-colors
on the Pa' Rus Trail
The
Virgin River, along the Pa' Rus Trail
At the junction of highway 9 and the Zion Canyon road (the road heading north to the Zion Canyon Lodge), the Pa' Rus trail ends, and you go north on the highway. Now that the Zion Canyon Shuttle is in-use, there is very little traffic.
Approaching
the steepest part of the road, where a land-slide once dammed the
river (not very steep)
The
Court Of The Patriarchs
Approaching
the Zion Canyon Lodge
The
left of center, brown peak is Angel's Landing, the white peak to the
right of it is Observation Point
Observation
Point, and East Mesa – note the Z-bend trail cut into the cliff at
the upper right
Approaching
the Weeping-Rock & Observation Point shuttle-stop
The
Angel's Landing trail follows the narrow spine of rock descending
from the peak in the center of the picture
The
Great White Throne – if you hike the Observation Point trail,
you'll look down on the top of it!