Zion 2

For our first day in Zion, Shawn and I combined three trails (Middle Emerald Pools Trail, Kayenta Trail and the Grotto Trail) to make a loop. The trail first climbs up the side of the canyon. From there, you follow a ridge that's partway up the canyon wall.

From the ridge, looking down canyon.
Shawn, looking up canyon
There's the ridge that we're following around. If you enlarge the image, you can see little itsy bitsy hikers.At the Emerald Pools.
The pools.
Back down on flat ground along the Grotto trail. The loop we hiked followed a ridge in and out of this nook.