Fat Man's Misery, Winter Christmas/Saturnalia Canyoneering around Zion National Park, UT

After last year’s debacle, seemed like doing something more reasonable for our annual Saturnalia day out would be a good idea.

Winter, Canyoneering, ZionTom JonesDecember 27, 2018Misery Canyon, fat mans misery, fat mans, canyoneering, winter in zion, winter canyoneering, winter, Zion, trip report

Family Camp Canyon: Escape the Summer Heat. Zion National Park, UT

So it is a good idea to start early, and stay out of the sun. So we did, mostly, by doing a canyon on the East Side, possibly the third intentional descent. Part of the research for the Zion: Canyoneering 2nd Edition.

Anchors, Canyoneering, Trip Report, Zion, Exploration, Zion Adventure CompanyTom JonesJune 26, 2018canyoneering anchors, canyoneering, trip report, Zion, Zion National Park, family camp, family camp canyon

A Zion Canyon Exploration and Backcountry Overnight

Friends from ZAC, Robby and Hayley, had descended a way-backcountry newly found canyon near Zion, and said it was really cool...

Zion, Canyoneering, Exploration, Zion Adventure CompanyTom JonesDecember 1, 2017Zion, canyoneering exploration, Exploration, zion national park, zion canyoneering

Jacob Canyon rebolting in Zion National Park, UT

Shall we give Jacob a visit again? The weather was temperate, but soon would be too hot for this south-facing canyon – yes. One ‘benefit’ of working on the guidebook (Zion, 2nd Edition) which I “have been” for about 5 years (Bullwinkle: “This time for sure!”) is that I feel like certain things need to be ‘fixed’...

Anchors, Canyoneering, Zion, Zion Adventure CompanyTom JonesApril 22, 2017jacob canyon, Zion, canyoneering, zion canyoneering, bolting, rebolting

Mystery Canyon in Winter, Zion National Park, UT

This is a silly sport. The whole thing. Sliding down ropes in remote places, risking death and destruction on a regular basis, for what?

Canyoneering, Mistakes, Mystery, Trip Report, Zion, Winter, The Narrows, Steve Ramras, Jenny WestTom JonesDecember 27, 2013mystery canyon, zion, mystery, winter in zion, winter, winter canyoneering, Zion, zion canyoneering

Echo Canyon Zion - the BIG start - June 2011

Bill Westerhoff made the big move from Phoenix up to the Zion Ponderosa Ranch Resort a couple years ago. Well, not to the resort, to the subdivision/gated community out there on Fir Lane, where he built a cabin and settled in. Bill is now a canyoneering guide

Big rappel, Canyoneering, Tom Jones, Trip Report, ZionTom JonesJune 26, 2011Bill Westerhoff, Echo Canyon, Zion

Lower Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, UT

(Middle) Echo Canyon is famous for holding snow in the "spring", which in Zion, can mean until July 1st, or even later. We had heard few reports for how the snow was this year, so Dave Buckingham and I (after cancelling a trip to North Wash due to the heat) decided to check out Middle Echo…

Canyoneering, Exploration, Tom Jones, Trip Report, Zion, Zion Adventure CompanyTom JonesMay 15, 2009ascending ropes, jugging ropes, Lower Echo Canyon, Middle Echo Canyon, echo canyon, zion national park, zion, zion canyoneering, canyoneering, exploration, Zion

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