I am obsessed with this park! It is hard to not favorite this grandiose place. From the lowest elevation of the park, these sandstone mountains shoot up almost 5,000 feet from the ground to the highest elevation. Most mountains I've ever seen have a graduated incline but these seem to grow straight up from the ground. The native americans who once lived here actually called Zion "Straight Up Land." The virgin river runs through the entire park, and it is this beautiful sea foamy green color. It was still too cold to get into but it definitely photographed well! We did a few hikes, all of which seemed to be climbing up a cliff side to get to the top, not for the faint hearted! We were not able to spend as much time as we originally wanted to because of a storm approaching, and in a canyon like this you do not want to be stuck in a flash flood. I do plan on visiting Zion again and again, I can't imagine getting sick of this place.
