Snowy Zion National Park East gate
by Bnte Creations
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Snowy Zion National Park East gate
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Bnte Creations
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Photograph
Description
Snow covered Zion National park during heavy snowfall around 12 inch depth from east gate,Utah.
Zion National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale. A prominent feature of the 229-square-mile (590 km2) park is Zion Canyon, which is 15 miles (24 km) long and up to 2,640 ft (800 m) deep. The canyon walls are reddish and tan-colored Navajo Sandstone eroded by the North Fork of the Virgin River. The lowest point in the park is 3,666 ft (1,117 m) at Coalpits Wash and the highest peak is 8,726 ft (2,660 m) at Horse Ranch Mountain. Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, the park has a unique geography and a variety of life zones that allow for unusual plant and animal diversity. Numerous plant species as well as 289 species of birds, 75 mammals (including 19 species of bat), and 32 reptiles inhabit the park's four life zones: desert, riparian, woodland, and coniferous forest. Zion National Park includes mountains, canyons, buttes, mesas, monoliths, rivers, slot canyons, and natural arches.
East side of Zion National Park - Many hikers never leave the classic Zion Canyon trails to explore the hidden wonders of Zion's east side. The elevation at Zion's east entrance is 5700 feet, gaining almost 600 feet as the road winds from south to east. Mt. Carmel Junction, 12 miles past the parks east entrance is a mile high, offering cooler summer days. The elevation on the south side of the park is less than 4000 feet. and can reach over 110 degrees in the summer, but canyon walls provide shade making it enjoyable to hike in the summer. In the winter, however, the canyon trails are shaded by those same walls and as a result trails can be snowy and icy. In contrast, Zion's east side is at a higher elevation but most of the trails are in full sun which makes hiking in the summer uncomfortable, but during the cooler seasons the east side is wonderful to explore with its sunny paths and abundant evergreens. The east side of the park offers unique and impressive, yet un-crowded hiking routes, scenic drives and views while Zion Canyon is the target for almost all visitors to the park - making it crowded and touristy. Experienced hikers when asked report that the east-side of the park is, without a doubt, their favorite part of Zion. Everyone visiting should at least drive the 12-mile Zion-Mt. Camel Highway. From the south entrance, east - along the switchbacks and through the tunnel is an up-hill climb as the road suddenly gains elevation switch-backing and climbing up from lower Zion Canyon.
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