Zion - Taylor Creek Hike - Utah Series

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All photos taken by me with a Fujifilm Finepix A210 except where noted, with some Lightroom post processing.

This is a continuation of my little Utah series of posts. This is from a trip I did back in 2010. Here are links to the other posts in the series:

Woke up at the camping spot and headed the 20 some miles up I-15 to the Kolob Canyons entrance of Zion NP. We had decide to visit a little less crowded part of the park for this hike. Taylor Creek trail leads you on a 5 mile round trip hike to a double arch feature.

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The first thing on the hike was this monolithic feature. The preceding three pics are different stages of the traverse around it.

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A couple shots of the sheer cliff faces. I struggled with my little point and shoot Finepix to try and capture the grandeur.

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I love this little ecosystem that has carved out an existence on a ledge of this cliff. I wonder if it has remained untouched by humans?

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Two more shots of the canyon walls as we approach the double arch.

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The first couple glimpses of the lower part of the double arch.

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One last shot of me after the hike. We drove to the end of the Kolob Canyons Road for a short hike to this overlook of the Kolob Canyons area. Taken by my travel partner with a Nikon E4600.

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