Hiking Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks

Thoroughly updated and revised, this guide covers fifty-six hikes in the two featured parks as well as the surrounding areas--Cedar Breaks National Monument, the Markagunt high country, and the Paunsaugunt area.

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 Hiking Colorado's Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness.

Acknowledgments	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Weather	p. 3
Hiking in Arid Lands	p. 4
Sharing the Trail	p. 6
How to Follow a Faint Path	p. 7
Zero-Impact Camping Techniques for Arid Lands	p. 8
Flash Floods and the Narrow Canyon Danger Level	p. 10
Planning Your Trip	p. 11
Using This Guide	p. 12
Map Legend	p. 14
Zion National Park and Surrounding Lands	p. 15
Zion Canyon and the Eastern Approaches	p. 18
East Rim	p. 20
East Mesa	p. 24
Cable and Deertrap Mountains	p. 25
Canyon Overlook	p. 30
The Barracks	p. 32
The Watchman	p. 40
Sand Bench Loop	p. 43
West Bank of the Virgin River	p. 46
Emerald Pools	p. 50
Angels Landing	p. 53
Observation Point-Hidden Canyon	p. 56
Up The Narrows to Orderville Canyon	p. 60
The Narrows of Zion Canyon	p. 63
Deep Creek	p. 69
The Desert Lowlands	p. 75
Eagle Crags	p. 76
Water Canyon	p. 79
Squirrel Canyon	p. 83
Chinle Trail	p. 85
Shortcut from Chinle Trail to Upper Coalpits Wash	p. 88
Huber Wash	p. 89
Coalpits Wash	p. 92
Crater Hill to Upper Coalpits Wash	p. 96
Scoggins Wash	p. 98
The Kolob Terrace	p. 101
Right Fork	p. 102
Wildcat Canyon Connector	p. 105
Northgate Peaks	p. 110
Left Fork	p. 112
Wildcat Canyon	p. 118
West Rim	p. 120
Hop Valley	p. 127
The Finger Canyons of the Kolob	p. 131
La Verkin Creek-Kolob Arch	p. 132
Willis Creek	p. 135
Middle Fork of Taylor Creek	p. 139
North Fork of Taylor Creek	p. 142
South Fork of Taylor Creek	p. 145
Camp Creek	p. 149
Cedar Breaks and Markagunt High Country	p. 153
Ramparts Trail-Spectra Point	p. 155
Alpine Pond	p. 158
Rattlesnake Creek-Ashdown Gorge	p. 161
Cedar Breaks Bottoms	p. 166
Virgin River Rim	p. 173
Bryce Canyon National Park	p. 181
Fairyland Loop	p. 185
Rim Trail	p. 188
Queen's Garden Complex	p. 192
Navajo Loop	p. 195
Peekaboo Loop	p. 197
Under the Rim Trail	p. 201
Sheep Creek	p. 206
Swamp Canyon Connecting Trail	p. 209
Whiteman Connecting Trail	p. 211
Agua Canyon Connecting Trail	p. 212
Bristlecone Loop	p. 215
Riggs Spring Loop	p. 217
Mossy Cave	p. 220
Hidden Treasures of the Paunsaugunt Country	p. 223
Red Canyon Loop	p. 225
Losee Canyon	p. 228
Red Hollow	p. 230
Sugar Knoll-Red Cave	p. 233
White Tower	p. 236
Coral Pink Sand Dunes	p. 240
Managing Agencies	p. 243
Hiker Checklist	p. 244
About the Authors	p. 246
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Hiking Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks

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