Whiteoaks Photo Album » 2011-01-15-zion » 2011-01-16 Sunday

Sunday morning we tried three different trails, hoping to walk the lower Emerald Pools trail, but halted by ice. We covered instead portions of the Grotto trail, and the lower part of the Angel's Landing trail.

Starting off Sunday morning for the Emerald Pools Trail...	Canyon walls above Zion Lodge.	Pedestrian bridge over the Virgin River for the Emerald...	The Virgin River at Zion Lodge.
Looking upriver from Zion Lodge trailheads.	The Middle Emerald Pools trail is closed.	The start of the trail looked promising for ice,...	Canyon walls from the middle Emerald Pools trail.
Emerald Pools trail along the Virgin River.	Family gathers to discuss strategy.	Forging onward on the Emerald Pools trail.	Jane and Karen on the Emerald Pools trail.
Zion Canyon on the Emeral Pools trail.	The Virgin River along the Emerald Pools trail.	Sun rising over the canyon walls warms the trail.	Alas, the lower Emerald Pools trail included this icy...
Virgin River along the Emerald Pools trail.	Mark finds the going a little too slippery.	Jane and David decide here that continuing is not an...	Red soil with evergreens.
Juniper berries along the Emerald Pools trail.	Juniper berries along the Emerald Pools trail.	Delightful lichen along the rock strata.	More great lichen on the rock strata.
Canyon wall above the Virgin River.	A dead tree marks the foreground.	Rocks with colorful green lichen.	More lichen on the red rocks.
Those juniper berries weren't completely digested,...	Playboy cactus is prickly.	A maintenance shed below the east wall of Zion Canyon.	Upper layers of the east wall of Zion Canyon.
Canyon walls in Zion National Park.	Trying again from the Grotto trail, still lots of snow...	Mule deer congregate near Grotto.	The mule deer are not easily spooked.
Mule deer in Zion National Park.	Along the Grotto trail, Zion National Park.	Great relief in the wall of Zion Canyon.	Canyon walls in Zion National Park.
Along the Grotto trail in Zion.	Slightly icy footpath, the Grotto trail to Zion Lodge.	Jane with her owl bag sends a tweet on the Grotto trail.	The Grotto trail follows the highway to the Zion Lodge.
More mule deer along the Zion Canyon floor road.	Virgin River at the Grotto.	Third trail effort, the lower portion of Angels Landing...	Canyon walls along the West Rim trail.
Jane and Wendy.	I think there's a "scream" in the rock face here.	Snow and cactus along the Angel's Landing trail, lower...	Virgin River along Angel's Landing trail.
Jane and Karen exploring river stones.	Interesting stratified rock and lichen on the Angel's...	Virgin River and great river stones.	The lower part of the Angel's Landing trail was mostly...
Looking upward from the Angel's Landing train along the...	Pedestrian bridge from the Grotto across the Virgin River.	Stairs are mostly clear on this trail.	Canyon wall from Angel's Landing trail.
Canyon wall from Angel's Landing trail.	Canyon walls in Zion National Park.	Snow and ground.	Zion Canyon, Zion National Park.
Lower part of the Angel's Landing trail.	Maintenance building with the canyon walls.	Looking up at the canyon walls with black water stains.	More mule deer near the Grotto.
River stones in the Virgin River near the Grotto.	Great river bed patterns near the Grotto.	The Virgin River polishes river stones.	Canyon spire with the Virgin River.
One of the Zion Lodge guest buildings.	Entrance to the classic Zion Lodge lobby and registration...	The registration lobby was partially closed for...	Even with the construction, the lobby of Zion Lodge was...
Upstairs in the lounge at the Zion Lounge.	Splendid afternoon treat, martinis and a hummus plate.	Last look, the entrance near Springdale, UT, for Zion...

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