American Parks II · Farstep pack

Zion · Angels Landing in 3D

On the fin, 450 m above the Virgin River

Zion National Park, Utah, USA

Angels Landing is a fin of Navajo Sandstone about 450 m above the Virgin River, sand dunes turned to stone some 190 million years ago. The trail to the top was cut in 1926 and ends along a narrow ridge lined with chains. This walk puts you on the fin with the canyon on both sides.

Where: Zion National Park, Utah, USA
Summit: 1,765 m, about 450 m above the Virgin River
Trail: Cut in 1926, with a chain-lined final stretch
Rock: Navajo Sandstone, about 190 million years old

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Zion · Angels Landing

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Angels Landing · 1,765 m
Known
This fin of Navajo Sandstone stands about 450 m above the Virgin River. The trail to the top, with its chain-lined final stretch, was cut in 1926.
Navajo Sandstone
Known
These cliffs are sand dunes turned to stone about 190 million years ago, in places over 600 m thick. The sloping lines in the rock are the faces of the old dunes.
Only an angel
Folklore
In 1916 Frederick Fisher is said to have looked up at this rock and remarked that only an angel could land on it.