Today the schedule was to hike The Narrows starting before noon, but first, we arrived in the dark of early morning at the Towers of the Virgin to shoot the sunrise. The sky was cloudless this morning so we waited for the Towers to catch the saturated color of early sun light.

After this session,we headed back to the hotel to put on our rented dry suits and grab our dry bags for today’s walk up the Virgin River in Zion Canyon in a section called The Narrows. The canyon walls reach up to 2,000 feet and at times the width of the Virgin River stretches from wall to wall.  Most of the hike is spent in the cold water of the river stepping on very slippery rocks that have the shape of bowling balls. The effort is worth it though because the scenery is spectacular.

Even though the water level was never more than mid-thigh, the strength of the current in places forced me to slow down and concentrate on not dunking myself and my camera equipment into the water, but taking my time also allowed me to enjoy the view longer.

Amazing views were everywhere you looked and every bend of the canyon brought new compositional options.