Bart Carrig
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At Zion, on the last day of the shutdown, we got up early with "Seth" at Zion Outdoor Adventure and went up into the Kolob section via Reservoir Road. He said they got 4" of snow up there the day before, and I met him to see if there was any left the following morning. There was, and much more to boot !
Looks nothing like Zion, but he took us to a little corner spot overlooking the northern reaches of Zion (above Lava Point) and we were greeted by the first light and a sea of fog rolling over the treeline.
As we came back down toward Zion, we saw the barriers were down at the Left Fork (Subway). That afternoon, although the buildings were closed (except for the back country desk which had just opened for permits, thank goodness) and the shuttles weren't running, and you couldn't take a car up-canyon, we rented bikes and put on our packs and rode up to spend the afternoon on angel's landing (had it almost to ourselves). Then we rode down for sunset, but there were a lot of clouds, and it didn't look good at the bridge. So we continued west of Zion and saw a few cracks of light.
This scene opened up for a short period of time, and that was the sweet light I posted earlier.
Then the light dimmed again, there was another short burst of very brief, red light coming through. I was just able to catch a late view of the few moments that light lit up another set of formations. It didn't last much more than a minute, and I just caught the tail end of it.
C&C welcome.
Bart Carrig
Cloudwaves at Sunrise, Zion National Park
Zion's Red Light District
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