East or West Rim at Zion?

[jody vukas]

Wondering what input the folks here have on picking between these as an overnight? We'll probably get a late afternoon start and if we choose the West Rim we'll incorporate Angels Landing provided the folks I'm with can handle the exposure. This will be for mid-June and we'll have two kids with us; girl age 12 and boy age 14.

Thanks in advance,
Jody

[Mike In Socal]

I've only done West Rim, also in June, with my son (who was 9 at the time), and a friend with his two boys.

We started out around 2pm at Lava Point and arrived at Potato Hollow Camp 8 at 5pm which was near a spring. That turned out to be a good thing because all the rest of the springs along the trail were dry. We ran into 3 hikers who had to backtrack to this spring to fill up. The next day makes for a long 9-11 mile trip and you will want to make sure you have enough water.

Photos here: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjkx1HQn.

Good description: http://www.protrails.com/trails/view/291

Here's a map: http://www.zionnational-park.com/map-west-rim

Mike

[jody vukas]

Gorgeous shots and nice to see what to expect on the trail. That's the campsite we're contemplating too so I'm glad to know we can get a late start with the 3hr walk over there.

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