Hiking Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks

by Erik Molvar

Overview

Thoroughly updated and revised, this fourth edition of Hiking Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks covers over fifty hikes in the two featured parks as well as the surrounding areas—Cedar Breaks National Monument, the Markagunt high country, and the Paunsaugunt area.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493059683
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/01/2021
Series:	Regional Hiking Series
Edition description:	Fourth Edition
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Veteran author and backcountry explorer Erik Molvar discovered backpacking while working on a volunteer trails crew in the North Cascades of Washington. He is the author of more than a dozen FalconGuides for such places as Glacier National Park, the Bob Marshall Wilderness, Olympic National Park, Zion and Bryce Canyon National Park, as well as Colorado's Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness. He lives in Laramie, Wyoming.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

Weather 2

Hiking in Arid Lands 3

Sharing the Trail 4

How to Follow a Faint Path 5

Zero-Impact Camping Techniques for Arid Lands 5

Flash Floods 7

Planning Your Trip 8

How to Use this Guide 9

Map Legend 11

Zion National Park and Surrounding Lands

Zion Canyon and the Eastern Approaches

1 East Rim 17

2 East Mesa 21

3 Cable Mountain 23

4 Canyon Overlook 28

5 The Barracks 31

6 The Watchman 39

7 Sand Bench Loop 43

8 West Bank of the Virgin River 45

9 Emerald Pools 49

10 Angels Landing 52

11 Observation Point 55

12 Up The Narrows to Orderville Canyon 59

13 The Narrows of Zion Canyon 62

14 Deep Creek 69

The Desert Lowlands

15 Eagle Crags 77

16 Water Canyon 82

17 Squirrel Canyon 86

18 Chinle Trail 89

18A Shortcut from Chinle Trail to Upper Coalpits Wash 92

19 Huber Wash 94

20 Coalpits Wash 97

21 Dalton Wash to Upper Coalpits Wash 102

22 Scoggins Wash 104

The Kolob Terrace

23 Right Fork 108

24 Wildcat Canyon and Connector Trails 112

25 Northgate Peaks 117

26 Left Fork 120

27 Wildcat Canyon 126

28 West Rim 129

29 Hop Valley 135

The Finger Canyons of the Kolob

30 La Verkin Creek 140

31 Willis Creek 144

32 Middle Fork of Taylor Creek 148

33 North Fork of Taylor Creek 152

34 South Fork of Taylor Creek 155

35 Camp Creek 157

Cedar Breaks and Markagunt High Country

36 Spectra Point-Ramparts Trail 164

37 Alpine Pond 168

38 Rattlesnake Creek-Ashdown Gorge 171

39 Cedar Breaks Bottoms 176

40 Virgin River Rim 182

Bryce Canyon National Park

41 Fairyland Loop 193

42 Rim Trail 196

43 Queen's Garden Complex 201

44 Navajo Loop 204

45 Peekaboo Loop 208

46 Under the Rim Trail 213

47 Sheep Creek 219

48 Swamp Canyon Connecting Trail 222

49 Whiteman Connecting Trail 224

50 Agua Canyon Connecting Trail 226

51 Bristlecone Loop 228

52 Riggs Spring Loop 230

53 Mossy Cave 233

Hidden Treasures of the Paunsaugunt Country

54 Red Canyon Loop 237

55 Losee Canyon 241

56 Red Hollow 243

57 Sugar Knoll 246

58 Dianas Throne 250

59 White Tower 253

60 Coral Pink Sand Dunes 256

Appendix A Managing Agencies 260

Appendix B Hiker Checklist 262

Hike Index 264

About the Author 265