Day's Summary: SUMMARY

Zion Park Motel (Springdale, UT) Notice that greenish steeple at the end of the video? That's the Zion Pizza & Noodle Company. I kid you not.

Zion National Park: Near Visitor's Center Really awesome relief map of Zion Canyon and the vicinity. You can hear buses in the background.

Zion National Park: Emerald Pools Hike (But No Angel's Landing?!) Here, I'm at the Zion Lodge shuttle stop. I had planned to hike to Angel's Landing on this day. However, it was threatening to rain. In lieu of my first day at Bryce Canyon (Day 13), I came back to hike Angel's Landing. It was well worth it to come back, but it was also smart NOT to hike it when there was a possibility of rain. Go to Day 13, and you'll see that you can literally fall to your death on that hike, and guess what? Water makes it slippery and extremely treacherous. That's not to mention the elevation and the possibility of being struck by lightning.

Zion National Park: Lower Emerald Pool Instead of Angel's Landing, I decided to hike trails in and around the Emerald Pools. There are two major ways to access the Emerald Pools: downcanyon (southwest) at Zion Lodge, and upcanyon (northeast) at the Grotto. My hike went like this: started at Zion Lodge shuttle stop as shown in the previous video, took (1) Lower Emerald Pool Trail to (2) Middle Emerald Pools Trail to (3) Upper Emerald Pool Trail, THEN backtracked (4) down Upper Emerald Pool trail, (5) down Middle Emerald Pools Trail, then took (6) Kayenta Trail to end at the Grotto shuttle stop.

Zion National Park: Lower Emerald Pool There are three sets of Emerald Pools in Zion National Park: 1 Lower Emerald Pool, 2 Middle Emerald Pools, and one Upper Emerald Pool. On most of the videos that show the Lower Emerald Pool, you can see the two small streams of water emptying into the Lower Emerald Pool that both arise from the 2 Middle Emerald Pools.

Zion National Park: Lower Emerald Pool Near the cool of the Lower Emerald Pool. Directly behind the two waterfalls draining from the Middle Emerald Pools.

Zion National Park: Lower Emerald Pool Getting water on the lens and navigating the slippery walkway behind the Lower Emerald Pool. Still behind the two waterfalls.

Zion National Park: Lower Emerald Pool Filming behind a small trickle of water.

Zion National Park: Lower Emerald Pool First I film the trickle of water, then the two bigger streams of water falling from the Middle Emerald Pools. Then the canyon walls.

Zion National Park: Lower Emerald Pool Similar to the previous video but a little further away.

Zion National Park: Lower Emerald Pool Even further up the trail, you get a good view of the two falling water streams coming from the Middle Emerald Pools.

Zion National Park: Junction Of Three Trails This is the location at which the Kayenta Trail, Lower Emerald Pool Trail, and Middle Emerald Pools Trail intersect. To get to the Upper Emerald Pool Trail, the Middle Emerald Pools Trail has to be taken for a short distance. The Kayenta Trail leads northeast towards the Grotto shuttle bus stop.

Zion National Park: Near Middle Emerald Pools Slippery rocks near Middle Emerald Pools.

Zion National Park: Upper Emerald Pool Trail Hiking up towards the Upper Emerald Pool.

Zion National Park: Upper Emerald Pool Filming the waterfall and canyon walls near Upper Emerald Pool.

Zion National Park: Upper Emerald Pool 360 degree pan of the Upper Emerald Pool area.

Zion National Park: Upper Emerald Pool More views of the Pool.

Zion National Park: Kayenta Trail Headed back to the Grotto along the Kayenta Trail. View of the waterfalls from Middle Emerald Pools at 0:30.

Zion National Park: Kayenta Trail Kayenta Trail Bridge over the Virgin River.

Zion National Park: Weeping Rock How sad! :(

Zion National Park: Weeping Rock I weep for the rock.