http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/ 'Zion National Park Hiking' Wed, 22 May 2013 00:01:01 GMT Glenn Ray http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50655 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50655 I was hiking The Narrows that day. Must've happened after I started (around 9:00AM); didn't hear about it until your post. Also, that same day a young man on Tue, 21 May 2013 21:33:18 GMT Glenn Ray http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50654 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50654 Back from my trip and still in one piece, but not without a few cuts and bruises, many of them from the boulder obstacle bypass! This was not pleasant to do Mon, 20 May 2013 17:08:46 GMT Joe Braun http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50653 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50653 Much of the east plateau will be closed temporarily for the prescribed burn. http://www.nps.gov/zion/parknews/clear-trap-prescribed-burn.htm They mention the Mon, 20 May 2013 14:44:39 GMT TomJones http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50652 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50652 Ha ha! No such luck. But, also detailed on that page is essentially a non-technical loop down NEXT to Rock and out French. T Mon, 20 May 2013 03:32:04 GMT Matt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50651 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50651 Tom, if you are volunteering to take us to do the technical route just say so! ;) Seriously I have used your website quite a bit for driving directions and Sat, 18 May 2013 02:17:33 GMT jeff http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50650 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50650 Over on the Bogley site, Bo Beck posted a report of a hiker getting struck by a snake just off the Riverwalk in Zion. Even the most unassuming of hikes can be Sat, 18 May 2013 01:42:17 GMT Joe Braun http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50649 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50649 Glenn -- I'm smelling a trip report coming; can't wait! -Joe Fri, 17 May 2013 20:19:25 GMT TomJones http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50648 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50648 You could also go down next to Rock Canyon and then use French for an exit, which would give you somewhat of a loop. Pretty good map and pics here: Fri, 17 May 2013 06:10:30 GMT Glenn Ray http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50647 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50647 Matt, Just this past Sunday I took this EXACT route (i.e., drove Elephant Cove to Parunuweap WSA, camped and hiked into the Barracks via French Canyon). You Thu, 16 May 2013 22:14:25 GMT Cliff http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50646 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50646 The main problems would be navigation (there are several roads) and, as mentioned, deep sand. If you can read a map you shouldn't have any problems. However, I Thu, 16 May 2013 20:41:36 GMT Joe Braun http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50645 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50645 The big concern is conditions along the long access road from Elephant Butte. I have hiked up French to explore, but I haven't driven the roads at all. Deep Thu, 16 May 2013 20:29:30 GMT Matt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50644 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50644 One more question What are your thoughts on using your French Canyon as an entrance and exit? That seems to put me a bit more in the middle? Road Conditions (I Thu, 16 May 2013 15:17:40 GMT Joe Braun http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50643 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50643 The hike in from Checkerboard takes *roughly* 2-4 hours, so while you can find many good places to camp (including the initial shelves right above the river as Tue, 14 May 2013 13:56:25 GMT mojave_ben http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50642 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50642 Yes that steep grade back out across the wash up at the upper end... I drove in with 2WD sedan no problem a few years ago but coming out, I was kicking up Tue, 14 May 2013 04:04:18 GMT Matt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50641 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zion_National_Park_Hiking/message/50641 The checkerboard option sounds pretty good. I am not 100 percent sure how competent my backpacking compadre is and I was nervous about the drop in, how bad is