Utah Vacation - Zion Hidden Canyon

This morning we hiked 4.5 miles round trip on the Hidden Canyon trail.  Not sure how many hundred feet we went up, but we felt as though we were going straight up the cliff face, helped by many switchbacks and steps cut into the rock.  We took the route heading off the bottom of the photo; the one to the right headed for Observation Point, which was an even longer climb.  Note the big tree growing right out of the cliff face.


The trail gets more challenging as you go up and is cut into the rock, with chains to help you hold on.


It is amazing how plants survive up here, but apparently water seeps through the sandstone.  This maidenhair fern was growing below the rock scramble where we elected to turn around.


Here is a view of the road way below us.


And a sample of the amazing rock formations along the way.


This is a view of the Weeping Rock from our trail.  We elected not to hike out there.