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Exploring the National Parks

36: Hiking Angels Landing

Exploring the National Parks

Dirt In My Shoes

Science, Society & Culture:places & Travel, Nature, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8653 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Let’s head to the top of Angels Landing!  In this episode of Exploring the National Parks, we are covering one of the most epic and well-known hikes in the whole national park system, Angels Landing in Zion National Park!  This trail has quite a reputation, and it does not disappoint. Join us as we give you all the details and share why this trail is one you can hike with your whole group (yes, everyone!) and a must-do if you are visiting Zion. Join us as we cover:  Why this trail is the most popular in the park What you need to know about hiking this trail What to do if you don’t want to hike the full trail Chicken’s Landing The incredible views you get at the top of this trail Don’t let this trail scare you away! No matter if you hike part of the way or go all the way to the top, it is incredibly rewarding and the views truly can’t get any better.  Just getting on this trail will change your whole perspective of Zion National Park. If you need help planning your trip to this park, head over to DirtInMyShoes.com. Check out the full show notes here.

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0:00.0

Today's episode, we're going to cover a specific hike, but it's probably one of the most epic and well-known hikes in all of the National Park Service.

0:10.4

And so I'm really excited.

0:11.9

We're going to talk all about hiking Angels Landing.

0:16.1

This trail is something else.

0:19.0

Yes.

0:19.4

And I think it's a little bit notorious for being nasty. A lot of people

0:26.6

It's got a reputation. It does. It's got a reputation to keep up too. A lot of people have a hard time

0:32.4

with this trail. So we wanted to talk about it and just tell you how fun it is. And you don't have to do the whole thing.

0:39.7

Right.

0:40.1

So the scary part is at the very end.

0:42.2

If you don't want to do that, that's fine.

0:44.1

But we want to talk you through what to expect and what it's like to hike beautiful Angels Landing.

0:50.1

Yeah, this will be fun.

0:53.4

This is the Exploring the National Parks podcast with Dirt in My Shoes.

0:58.3

My name is Ash and I'm a former park ranger and the founder of Dirt in My Shoes.

1:02.6

I think that the parks are best seen from the trail and I'm here to make National Park

1:07.3

trip planning easy.

1:08.8

And I'm John.

1:09.8

I carry the kids on the trails. tell stories, and notice all the things

1:13.3

that Ash doesn't care about much, like rocks.

1:17.0

Join us as we show you around America's spectacular national parks.

1:21.5

We're sharing our favorite places, fun facts, adventures, and misadventures.

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