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Walters Wiggles Wrapped Canvas Prints
Walters Wiggles Wrapped Canvas Prints
Angel Landing is the most renowned day hike in Zion National Park, and possibly all of Utah. While only 5.2 mile round trip with 1,500 feet of elevation gain, this trek has all the magnitude of a bucket list caliber hike akin to Half Dome in Yosemite. Segments of the perilous trail to Angel Landing are just a few feet wide with thousand foot drop offs on both sides. If that prospect doesn’t make you queasy, you will find the hike exhilarating. The views are extraordinary and the trail itself is a feat of engineering. Walters Wiggles are a series of 21 short switchbacks carved into the face of the cliff. The trail was cut from a sheer drop of solid rock in 1926 and remains one of the parks most spectacular construction wonders. The top offers wonderful views of Zion Canyon. Elevation differences and geologic processes such as tectonic uplift, erosion, and sedimentation have created environments ranging from high plateaus and riparian environments to deserts and deep sandstone canyons. The paved trail to Angels Landing starts out quite gradual considering the climbing that lies ahead. There are views of Angels Landing from the very start, a towering slab of sandstone protruding into Zion Canyon. The trail progresses toward the canyon rim to the south of the landing. This steep wall looks impassable at first, but improbably a route has been established switching up the steep rock. The trail heads straight back through this level hanging canyon, searching for some way up the steep rock wall. What you find is another marvel of trail building, a famed series of twenty tight switchbacks known as Walters Wiggles.