Zion National Park – West Temple

It was a good day of hiking; almost stepped on a really bigrattler at the first notch on the ridge. The wind was a bit unnervingas we walked across some of the narrower ridges and ledges. We spentquite a bit of time at the “third notch” trying to find a waydown….just need to walk in front and find a nice coniferous tree toclimb onto! We found some of the obstacles from the notch untilthe “White Band Upclimb” more testy than the bolted climb itself..Definately a good day hike (with a rope). We started hiking at 6:30amand were back to the vehicles at 3pm. Could have been a bit shorter dayif either of us had hiked it before, but then the unknown is what madeit really rewarding!

-Bo