Zion National Park

Zion National Park, May 2001

Angel’s Landing — Zoom in to see the hikers on the trail Mary at the top of Angel’s Landing Keith (almost) at the top of Angel’s Landing Mary wanted to see the valley in the picture. She kept saying, “Back up…farther…a little farther.” And Keith kept backing farther down the slope toward a 1500-ft drop-off.

View of the valley Angel’s Landing from below Angel’s Landing from above Another view

Note: In case you haven’t guessed, we liked Angel’s Landing. We con­sider it one of our all-time favorite short hikes (4-mile round trip). It is steep in places but not really dif­fi­cult, high enough for a good view (1500 ft above the valley), with steep drop-offs to make it more inter­est­ing, but safer than it looks.