Qualla: Zion National Park https://qualla.com/zion-national-park en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:03 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Zion National Park https://qualla.com/zion-national-park Zion National Park: Introduction https://qualla.com/zion-national-park/ Mormon pioneers who settled this canyon in the 1860s named it Zion - the heavenly city. The name fit. Walls of Navajo Sandstone soar two thousand feet above the Virgin River, their surfaces streaked with desert varnish in shades of red, pink, and cream. Angels Landing rises like a shark's fin from the canyon floor. The Great White Throne presides over the main canyon with the authority its name suggests. Yet Zion is intimate in a way that other great parks are not. You walk the canyon floor rather than peering down from rims. The river runs beside you, cottonwoods shade the trail, and the immense walls close in until you're wading through the Narrows with barely twenty feet between cliffs that rise a thousand feet on each side.

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/q/x/s/zion-national-park-wk/9qxs-zion-national-park-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Zion National Park: The Navajo Sandstone https://qualla.com/zion-national-park/ The towering cliffs that define Zion are Navajo Sandstone - ancient sand dunes compressed into rock over 180 million years. At up to 2,200 feet thick, this formation represents one of the largest sand dune deposits ever preserved in Earth's geological record. The original dunes c...

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/q/x/s/zion-national-park-wk/9qxs-zion-national-park-the-navajo-sandstone.mp3 0:06 2 full Zion National Park: Angels Landing https://qualla.com/zion-national-park/ The trail to Angels Landing climbs 1,488 feet in 2.5 miles, finishing with a half-mile traverse along a knife-edge ridge where chains bolted into the rock provide the only security. On busy days, hikers wait in line to negotiate the exposed sections. The summit offers views up an...

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/q/x/s/zion-national-park-wk/9qxs-zion-national-park-angels-landing.mp3 0:06 3 full Zion National Park: The Narrows https://qualla.com/zion-national-park/ Where the North Fork of the Virgin River cuts through the narrowest section of Zion Canyon, the walls close to twenty feet apart while rising over a thousand feet above. There is no trail through the Narrows - the river is the trail. Hikers wade upstream through water that varies...

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/q/x/s/zion-national-park-wk/9qxs-zion-national-park-the-narrows.mp3 0:06 4 full Zion National Park: Beyond the Main Canyon https://qualla.com/zion-national-park/ Most visitors never leave Zion Canyon, but the park extends far beyond the famous cliffs. The Kolob Canyons section, accessible from Interstate 15, offers finger canyons cutting into the same sandstone with a fraction of the crowds. The Kolob Arch, at 287 feet, ranks among the la...

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/q/x/s/zion-national-park-wk/9qxs-zion-national-park-beyond-the-main-canyon.mp3 0:06 5 full Zion National Park: Managing the Crowds https://qualla.com/zion-national-park/ Zion receives nearly five million visitors annually - more than Yellowstone - concentrated primarily in the seven-mile-long main canyon. Private vehicles are prohibited on the Zion Canyon Scenic Drive from March through November; free shuttle buses carry visitors between trailhea...

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/q/x/s/zion-national-park-wk/9qxs-zion-national-park-managing-the-crowds.mp3 0:06 6 full