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Canyoneering in Zion

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Zion is a land of deeply cut and narrow canyons, the steepest on the Colorado Plateau. The beauty of most of them cannot be seen from the trails. Exploring these wonders hidden in the bowels of the earth combines hiking, climbing techniques, and swimming into the sport of canyoneering. Technical canyons require the use of ropes and harnesses. Even when the temperatures in the desert soar in the 100Fs, the water in the subterranean canyons remains cold enough that without protection such as wetsuits, it is very easy to get hypothermic.

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Hikers dwarfed by canyon walls, Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneers rappels in open section of Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Hiking in a narrow, but open section of Mystery Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyonneers walk in Pine Creek Canyon narrows. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Hikers in Keyhole Canyon narrows. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneers descend Orderville Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Hiker straddling stream in Orderville Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Man starting rappel into the Virgin River Narrows. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer about to land in pool in open section of Das Boot. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Final rappel out of Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer rappels in Mystery Springs alcove, Mystery Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyonneer rappelling into the Subway. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneering in glowing narrows, Mystery Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Woman at the start of free hanging rappel in Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Woman rappels into chamber known as The Cathedral, Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Free rappel seen from above in Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Women canyoneering in Keyhole Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Free rappel inside huge chamber, Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneers deep in subterranean part of Keyhole Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer ends rappel into Mystery Springs pool, Mystery Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer in tight and wet section of Das Boot Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneers swim in Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Swimming flooded corridor in Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneers negotiating a deep pool in Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Woman wades in chest deep water of flooded slot canyon, Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Hikers navigating narrows of Orderville Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer lowers herself using rope, Orderville Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Hiker using log to descend along waterfall, Orderville Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Hiker downclimbs on log along waterfall, Orderville Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Woman walking in stream, Orderville Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer in tight squeeze, Das Boot Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Rappel along cliff, Upper Left Fork. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer rappelling in open section, Upper Left Fork. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer rappels in open section of Upper Left Fork. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Hikers swim across pool, Left Fork. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneers swim through a pothole, Upper Left Fork. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneers wade through narrows, Upper Left Fork. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneers swim through narrows, Upper Left Fork. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneers scramble on log, Upper Left Fork. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyonneer swims in pool, Upper Subway. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyonneer rappels into the Subway. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyonneer descends into the Subway. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneers in wetsuits rappel down walls of the Subway. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneering in sunlit narrows, Mystery Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneers surrouned by tall walls in narrow section of Mystery Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Hikers preparing to pass obstacle with ropes in Mystery Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Descending into depth of Mystery Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Hiking in a narrow sunlit section of Mystery Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneers rappel a narrow section of Mystery Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Hiker in slot canyon, Mystery Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer rappels along rock wall, Mystery Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer rappels into pool of water, Mystery Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer in pool of water, Mystery Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer rappels above water pool, Mystery Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer swings above water pool, Mystery Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer rappels into the Virgin River Narrows along Mystery Falls. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Woman rappels into the Virgin River Narrows. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Man rappeling along waterfall. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer on rappel along waterfall. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer rappelling alongside Mystery Falls, the Narrows. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyonneers walk on ledge, Behunin Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyonneer rappels on slab, Behunin Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyonneer walk sandy section of Behunin Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyonneers rapples into the bottom of Behunin Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyonneer scrambles on narrow ledge, Behunin Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Final rappel in Behunin Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Preparing for final rappel in Behunin Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer above chockstone, Keyhole Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Hikers wading in Keyhole Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer descending Keyhole Canyon using a sling. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Hiker wading in the narrows of Keyhole Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Hiker walks in water in Keyhole Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneers squeezing in Keyhole Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer using chimney technique in narrow section of Keyhole Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) First rappel into Keyhole Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer rappels into Keyhole Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Rappeling into the depths of Keyhole Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Descending using ropes into the depths of Keyhole Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Into the darkness of Keyhole Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer rappels deeps inside Keyhole Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer coiling ropes in the distance, Keyhole Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer in sunny pool of water, Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer looks at water-filled pool. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Woman standing in waist-high pool in Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Woman carries rope, as man wades in chest-high water in Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneer swims in pool with golden light, Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyonneer swimming in Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneers swim into narrow corridor, Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Woman in deep water of dark narrows, Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoning in dark narrows, Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyonneer wades in subterranean section of Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyonneers walk in narrows of Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Hikers in Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) View from above of hiker walking in Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Woman rappels down in Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Woman setting out for free rappel in Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Woman on free hanging rappel in Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Free hanging rappel in huge chamber, Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Man between glowing canyon walls, Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color) Canyoneers in chamber, Pine Creek Canyon. Zion National Park, Utah ( color)
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