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I usually try to space out posts that are similar but I love doing national park comparison posts so were back with another one! This time it’s the big canyon showdown: Canyonlands vs Grand Canyon.
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I’m very excited for my next big national park showdown and by now you know that we’ve got Arches vs Canyonlands facing each other today! Like the Zion and Arches showdown, Canyonlands and Arches are both pretty different, even though they’re neighbors.
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I went back and forth for so long on how to do this post for spending one day in Zion National Park. For some parks, like Canyonlands, it’s easy to pick the best things to see and do in one day. Others, like Arches, that’s a lot harder so I pick different combinations of things to give options for one day in the park.
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Over my last winter in Utah, technically Arizona, I wanted to do as much as I possibly could. While we didn’t make to all five Utah national parks, we did make it to three. I already have posts about Arches in winter and Canyonlands in winter and now that I finished my Zion hiking posts, it’s time for one all about Zion in winter.
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On my first Utah road trip in 2015, we stopped at Zion and I hiked to the Emerald Pools with my friend Danny. I know we had fun but, looking back, I don’t know if I was like, blown away it at all. I don’t think I was disappointed by it either though.
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One of the things I knew I had to do on our winter trip to Zion was hike the short Petroglyph Canyon Trail because I love rock art and will probably try to see it anywhere if I know it’s there. I just love it.
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On our January Zion trip we weren’t prepared for so much snow and ice on the east side of the park so we ended up doing most of the main canyon hikes, including the easy Pa’rus Trail from the visitor center.
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Next up in my posts from our January Zion trip is the Watchman Trail. I had been to or through Zion no less than a dozen times before this trip and I had never heard of the Watchman Trail.
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I’m finally making my way through my Zion trip posts, the last posts from my time out west. It’s sad but exciting and I’ll have plenty of lists coming still but only a few more hikes out there.
Continue reading “Lower Pine Creek Waterfall Hike: Zion National Park’s Hidden Waterfall”
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Death Valley is amazing and huge and overwhelming. There is so much to see and do there, it can be hard to know where to start. Well, that’s what I’m here for, at least if you’re looking for things to do in Death Valley besides hiking.
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My goal on our January 2022 Zion trip was to do as many hikes as possible that I hadn’t done yet. And we did it! Mostly.
Continue reading “Sand Bench Trail: Zion National Parks Most Underrated Trail”
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I love visiting Arches National Park in winter. It’s my favorite time to visit and I actually avoid going both Zion and Arches in summer for a lot of reasons (it’s so busy, so expensive, and so hot.)
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After Zion, Arches is the most popular national park in Utah. It’s not the second most visited, that’s Bryce Canyon, but I think it’s the one that people most want to visit after Zion.
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One of the most popular arches in Arches National Park is just a short walk from one of the best less-known arches: Broken Arch. I don’t think its like, a hidden gem arch or a best kept secret in Arches but I don’t hear much about it.
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