2020 Winter Camping Trip Day19, 2020/12/14
This day we decided to go back to Zion, but not Zion canyon. We went to Kolob canyon first. I didn't know about not-main area of Zion at all. Actually how many of you know about Kolob canyon? It is completely a different region from the main area. You need to drive out of the park and drive some to go to Kolob canyon from the main area. There is much less people and quiet yet it is equally beautiful. On this day, unfortunately, the Kolob canyon area was closed due to snow. There was not much snow, but it seems the rangers in the Kolob canyon area are lazy. Due to the closure we went to another non-popular area of Zion, Chinle trail.
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Chinle trail
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Big rock
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The first 0.5 mile of the Chinle trail is near the houses. Those houses are pretty big. It might be second home of rich people? I don't know. This trail is not a typical Zion trail. In the distance there are Zion-ish rocks as you can see in the picture, but mainly the trail is in the desert. The right picture is the representative image of Chinle trail. Admittedly, it was not my favorite hike, although geologically interesting. At mile5, it started snowing, so we decided to turn around.
Then in the evening we hike a short trail, 1 mile of Canyon overlook trail. This is in the Zion canyon. In the evening light, the canyon looks nostalgic. It was wonderful to look at the canyon. Utah is a paradise for hikers. We don't have such immense canyon in our country Japan. I am lucky to be able to see it with easier access by living in the U.S. (FYI: Japan is a beautiful county in a different sense).
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Canyon View
 Reflecting
orange evening light, one of the rocks became amazing color while we
were sitting and staring the canyon. I was like, "Whoa!" What a color.
The picture is not edited! Stunning rock. After we enjoyed the view we headed back. On the way back we saw 5-6 of bighorn sheep. Cute! We came back to the camp and had fire and dinner.
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