A 50mm Life

The Narrows

Our trip wouldn’t be complete without a day hike from the bottom-up along the slot canyon known as “The Narrows.” Traditionally The Narrows is a 16 mile / 13 hour hike from the top-down hiking in and through the Virgin River. But, with the kids, that hike wouldn’t be possible. Yet we wanted to give them a taste of the beautiful scenery and experience walking along the bottom of 3-400 foot sheer cliffs. The enormity!

So, we rented them sturdy Five Ten Canyoneer hiking shoes (amphibious), neoprene socks, and a walking stick from a local outfitter and took a 5 mile hike for 4 hours, round-trip, starting from The Temple of Sinawava (the exit of the Narrows and top of Zion Canyon) to the Wall Street district (or so) and back. The bottom-up hike doesn’t require a permit and we knew that we could turn back anytime before the kids started showing fatigue - we wanted it to be a good experience.

Well the kids had a blast, and say that they look forward to make the whole trek from the top to the bottom when they get older. We’re so looking forward to it! We have lots of time to get them ready!

EXIF:
Exposure Program: Aperture Priority
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 10.5mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
1 RAW exposure

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