Zion National Park - Bike Riding

Zion Canyon in Zion National Park is a spectacular bike ride!

You can catch the free shuttle bus up the canyon and then ride down.  There are bike racks on the front of the bus.

The ride down the canyon goes up and down a bit but is mostly down hill.  Vehicle traffic during most of the year is restricted - only shuttle buses and a few other vehicles are allowed in the upper part of the canyon.  When you get to the lower part of the canyon, there is a bike trail - the Pa' rus trail.

The ride goes southwest and mostly down hill following along the Virgin River as it flows downstream.   It's about a 6 mile ride.  The first part of the ride (north part) is more level and goes up and down some for about 3 miles.   The final part drops in elevation more.  

We took the shuttle bus form the Zion Canyon Visitor Center up to the end of the canyon and then rode back down.

Once we reached the Canyon Junction where cars are allowed, we then rode on the Pa'rus trail (which is a paved bike trail ) back to the Zion Canyon Visitor Center.

Here are some pictures from the bike ride down Zion Canyon:

Zion National Park Extended TV Special at Amazon.com - our Zion National Park TV Special shows footage and has information about the ride down Zion Canyon

You can watch the Zion TV special for free or purchase or rent at this link - click here

I also have a Biking in Zion National Park YouTube video - click here to watch.

Zion National Park - Pa' rus trail - Bike Trail

Zion National Park - Bike Riding down Zion Canyon

We start by riding the free shuttle bus up Zion Canyon

We took the shuttle bus form the Zion Canyon Visitor Center up to the end of the canyon and then rode back down.

Then we rode down Zion Canyon

The ride goes southwest and mostly down hill following along the Virgin River as it flows downstream.   It's about a 6 mile ride.  The first part of the ride (north part) is more level and goes up and down some for about 3 miles.   The final part drops in elevation more.

We rode down Zion Canyon on our bikes - Biking in Zion - Bicycling in Zion Bike Riding in Zion

Zion National Park - What we see as we ride down Zion Canyon on our bikes - Biking in Zion - Bicycling in Zion Bike Riding in Zion

Angels Landing seen as we bike down Zion Canyon

Angels Landing

Zion Canyon Bike Ride - Angels Landing in background

Zion National Park Shuttle Bus and bikes

Water Fall Below Lower Emerald Pools

Here is the place in the bike ride video of the water fall below Emerald Pools
You can stop on your ride here and hike to the Emerald Pools.  We did the Emerald Pools hike on a different day.

Deer in Zion Canyon - We saw deer on our bike ride down Zion Canyon

Here is a video of the deer - Deer in Zion National Park
Here is where we came across the deer on our bike ride down Zion Canyon

Once we reached the Canyon Junction where cars are allowed, we then rode on the Pa'rus trail which is a paved bike trail back to the Zion Canyon Visitor Center.

We also have some Zion videos - click here to watch them - Zion National Park Videos

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