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Thread: Angels Landing Point, Zion NP
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02-15-2013, 09:00 AM #1
Angels Landing Point, Zion NP
Hi all of you, last January I spent time in Utah and quite a lot of time in Zion, and since it has become tradition for me to hike Angels Landing Point every visit to Zion, so did I do this time. Actually it was the first hike directly after arrival. Not really that special, however what made it special was the fact that I had the top all to myself. No other people/ tourists. That combined with the fact that I really like some of my pictures, a short trip report. Some of the pictures have been 'welded/ glued' together to make an even wider panorama shot. With quite good results I think.
I arrived the afternoon of December 27th, Zion had pretty fresh snow, and I decided to hike up Angels Landing Point.
The path was doable, a little slippery every now and then, until I reached Walters Wiggles. Slippery as hell. I put my micro-spikes on my shoes, and no problem whatsoever anymore. It was quite beautiful at Scout Lookout, chatted a bit with some tourists, and carried on.
With my spikes on and a firm grip to the chain, climbing up wasn't really difficult and/ or dangerous. I could follow footsteps from earlier visitors, what also helped finding my way.
At the top a fantastic view... and nobody else besides myself...
This picture is a combination of panorama-shots and is something about 240 degrees view. To bad it is shown only in this small...
It is hard to find big irregularities, even at quite a zoom.
I spent some time looking around and taking pictures, enjoying the energy of Zion.
After some time I started descending. No problems, apart from having an overdose of fantastic views...
I felt quite welcome, arriving back in Zion.
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02-15-2013 09:00 AM # ADS
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02-15-2013, 10:10 AM #2
Woo! Nice TR as usual man.
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02-15-2013, 12:00 PM #3
Beautiful!
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02-15-2013, 03:05 PM #4
Wow! Nice Maarten! That 2nd pic is frame-worthy!
Zion in Winter is special time. No one is there. You can have it all to yourself, just like you said :)●Canyoneering 'Canyon Conditions' @ www.candition.com
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02-15-2013, 04:01 PM #5
Nice!
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11-13-2014, 04:52 PM #6
This is an awesome hike and challenging even during good weather conditions. Hiking Angels Landing in winter is mind-blowing, as the pictures testify. Cool!
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