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Looking
down into a part of Zion National Park, Utah, from Canyon Overlook
trail.
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Zion
Canyon, about three hours from Las Vegas, is a stunning National Park
and an interesting contrast to its more famous and more distant cousin,
the Grand Canyon.
In the Big C, for example, the majority of travellers will spend their
time looking down, and serious hikers will stride straight towards
hell, whereas in Zion Canyon everyone starts at the bottom looking
up and serious hikers are headed for heaven.
Furthermore, while Zion is not quite as grand as its neighbour, it
offers many more trails than Grand C and accommodation
inside the canyon- whether lodging, camping or mobile homers.
Not quite as awesome as the Grand One, Zion manages to be spectacular
but also user friendly, with scenic, well planned trails, efficient
services - including regular shuttle buses driven by wonderfully talkative
and informed drivers - and magical rocks.
Settled
150 years ago by a Mormon who named the place Little Zion, the park
features fortress walls in multicoloured Navajo sandstone, hanging
gardens, a Virgin River [and don't bother with the tubing unless you
want to spend hours wrestling your tube over slippery rocks in freezing
water], waterfalls, narrow canyons and a good selection of flora and
fauna. Most trailheads can only be reached by [frequent] shuttle buses
from April to October.
The park is open all year but the best months are April, May, September,
October - in other words out of the busy, hot season or the chilly
months, though Zion winters are fairly mild.
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