Canyoneering trip 2010

Over spring Break we were able to go Canyoneering in Zions National Park. We started at 6 am and headed up angles landing hike. When you get to the top, you go the other way towards scouts lookout and continue hiking another hour and a half or so. When we got up there and started heading towards the canyon there was a lot more snow than we anticapated and wanted. We were a little unsure what the canyon was going to be like, because we did NOT  want to get wet. So we continued on through the canyon climbing over lots of snow, it was really not that warm of a day, maybe mid 50's with some wind. We finally made it to our first repel and had some lunch before we went down. Brandon went down first and we realized our ropes were not long enough. At that point we were debating if we should go down or not. We all did and when we went down the second repel we really realized there was NO way of finishing the canyon with our ropes. So at this point we  had an option of gettin back up , it would have been a challenge to get to the top, but we still had a chance. 1 more repel and there was so turning back. So we sat and debated what to do and low and behold another group came up behind us. They were so nice and let us go through the canyon with them. Thankgoodness, because I did not want to try and get back up and hike back the whole way we just came. Although I would pick that over spending a night in  the canyon. Over all we had a fun time, but it was cold. The 3 rd repel was the one that got us pretty wet, and man was that COLD!! And the second to the last repel got us wet again. Let's just say that I don't think I will ever repel this early in the season. To much snow and water, but after a long 12 hour hike we really did have a good time!