Hike up Zion’s Angel’s Landing

“First off Zion will leave you breathless. Whatever I saw in pictures couldn’t prepare me for what I saw in person. My god… I’m a relatively in shape person. Do plenty of hikes, gym regularly, run track and so on…however the hike up to the chains was absolutely brutal. The heat hit hard. I started at 10 and surprisingly the hike was rather empty. There was literally no congestion. Met some cool people to do it with and most of them backed out of the chains because there heart rates were racing and the heat was hitting everyone. I kept going. Chain part is pretty easy. Nothing physically hard at all.”

“We had a great time hiking angels landing this morning! We caught the first shuttle. Lined up at the visitor center at about 6:30 (first shuttle at 7). Got to the grotto by 7:20. Not crowded at all at that time going up. Had the top nearly to ourselves, and didn’t have much difficulty coming down except a few times letting people come past on the chains. Would recommend the before 9am permit! And definitely do not recommend if you’re scared of heights. Good workout.”

“Again, I’m not gonna lie lol, the hike to the first switchbacks was tiring for me. Once I got to the switchbacks, yeah….that’s when I knew poor planning is gonna eat me alive. I stopped after every ramp to get my HR down (probably around 160-170 each ramp). The actual angels landing ascent wasn’t too bad. I like climbing and I do have pretty decent footing. Temperature was in the 40-50s I believe.”