Good omen for a trip with 2 meteorologists, a psychologist, and a guide-in-training...
Kelly and I, 3 weeks til' the wedding...
The approach hike
Gearing up
Dropping in
COLD WATER!
Warm water...
"The Subway"
It's a great trip from the top down, if you can score a permit, I'd highly recommend grabbing it! Technically the route is called "Left Fork North Creek" and it's inside the boundaries of Zion National Park.
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05-21-2006, 12:09 AM #1
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Photo TR: A wet romp through Zion's Subway
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05-21-2006, 12:53 AM #2
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Looks like an awesome trip!!
Zion is one cool place, its got so much to offer you could spend a lifetime there."I just looked down to see if I was wearing my seatbelt, and I'm sitting at my desk in my room."
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05-21-2006, 01:12 AM #3Squatch Guest
nice TR. quality photos, especially the panoramas.
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05-21-2006, 06:16 AM #4
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Nice tR from a beautiful place. Hope to make it there myself someday, thanks for sharing the pictures.
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05-21-2006, 06:25 AM #5
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So that's where all those National Geographic ADVENTURE cover shots come from... That place looks so cool. Nice TR, way to get some summer stoke on.
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05-21-2006, 06:31 AM #6
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Nice Tr
Sweet pics
Thanks again for the Soli Ice Spiders hookup
You the man"When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
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05-21-2006, 06:53 AM #7
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very pretty...
looks like you need to know where your goin to find the entrance to the "subway"
I remember your pics from last year(?) in the same area I think
thanks for the pics...
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05-21-2006, 07:28 AM #8
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Great pics, thanks, looks a bit nicer out there than the rain outside my window does right now!
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05-21-2006, 07:56 AM #9
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love zion,how far up is the road to kolob reservoir open? looks really cold in that water.also , how did snow coverage on tushars look on yr way down to sw Utah?
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05-21-2006, 08:28 AM #10
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RB, your pics are awesome. Great panoramics, beautiful stuff
More fucked up than a cricket in a hubcap
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05-21-2006, 08:41 AM #11
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So beautiful! And fun looking. Thanks.
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05-21-2006, 08:49 AM #12
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Thanks for the canyoneering stoke, can't wait to go get cold and dirty.
BTW, how do you like the 5.10 canyoneering shoes? I have always used a beat up pair of trail runners, but those things look sweet.Keep it unclipped
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05-21-2006, 08:49 AM #13
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If you're a 1,000ft above it, no problem. But if you're coming into land on your paraglider and you see this 'little devil', you're up for some hurtin.
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05-21-2006, 09:40 AM #14
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Killer pics RB.
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05-21-2006, 09:49 AM #15
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that is really really cool and i want to go there now!
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05-21-2006, 12:50 PM #16
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that looks like an amazing place. i really like that first pano pic
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05-21-2006, 02:21 PM #17
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sweet pics rb. i've been wanting to try canyoneering since i got here. anyone know of some decent outfitters down south that would be worth hooking up with so i can give this a try? i have a little climbing experience.
(or any mags wanna take me along on their next trip?
beer and transportation provided)
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05-21-2006, 02:46 PM #18
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Outfitters are so so so expensive to go canyoneering with, if we go again you can join us, but it may be a while. With basic climbing skills, good route information, and a bit of rental gear anyone can do the Subway, it's not very hard from a technical standpoint.
You can pick up everything you need at Zion Adventure Company in Springdale. They also offer guide services, but since guiding is not allowed on technical routes inside the National Park, they go to other spots just outside the park boundary.
Zion is a great place to get started in canyoneering, since there's good beta available for the area, well established routes in the park, and enough traffic that if you did run into trouble, you wouldn't have to wait days for a rescue.
Along with that comes more traffic, higher fees, and the chance you might not get a permit for what you want on the day you want it, so it's not perfect, but it's a great way to see a side of the park most people don't even realize exists.
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05-21-2006, 03:12 PM #19
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Looks like a great place to hide during a thunderstorm.
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05-21-2006, 03:35 PM #20
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siiiiick! i would definitely feel more comfortable in something like that with a meterologist along with me.
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05-21-2006, 10:09 PM #21
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$$$$ RB!!!
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05-22-2006, 12:16 PM #22
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RB, those are some great trips you go on. Thanks for sharing and good luck in 3 weeks, oh boy!!!!
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05-22-2006, 12:21 PM #23
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Way sweet. I love this one:
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05-22-2006, 12:28 PM #24
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Agghhh....so facking cool. I've wanted to do that since I first layed eyes on Zion a few years back. Looks like a great trip! How long did it take top to bottom? I seem to remember reading it's a decent (10? 15? mile) day...
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05-22-2006, 01:51 PM #25
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It's about 10 miles total - took us 12 hours last year car to car with just the two of us, and 9 hours this year (with 3 more people) so knowing where you are going really helps. It's best to have two cars, spot one at the bottom and shuttle to the top - hitching a ride on Kolob Terrace road can take a while.
The Subway used to be a one-night backpack until the "waste disposal" issue got to be too much of a problem, so now no camping is allowed and LNT knowledge is asked about as part of getting the permit. And as legend has it, the permits only started when there was a Boy Scout Jamboree in the area and something like 1000 scouts went through in a weekend.
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