Cowboy Ridge, Zion National Park, Utah

Anna and I got out of ice and snow choked Jackson Hole for a few days to do some climbing in Zion National Park in Utah. It was great to get back down to the desert and soak in some warmth for a long weekend. I forgot how much I miss climbing in Zion; something I did quite often while in college at Southern Utah University. We got a tip on a route from one of my old college roommates called Cowboy Ridge. It is an alpine-style ridge climb that ascends the southwest ridge up to Mount Kinesava. It was excellent exposed climbing through quite a lot of choss (broken and loose rock) so it wasn’t much different than climbing in the Tetons. I shot a panorama with Anna’s Canon point-and-shoot from the top of Mount Kinesava. The larger red butte formation is the West Temple, the highest point in Zion National Park.