The Narrows at Zion National Park is currently closed to hiking and canyoneering. It could be a long closure because of the high runoff expected this spring.
The Narrows and all routes that exit through it at Zion National Park are currently closedThat's because the river, boosted by both heavy rains and snowpack runoff, jumped to as much as 2,140 cubic feet per second Wednesday. It dropped to 408 cubic feet per second by 9 a.m. Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. However, that is still more than 2½ times the limit when park officials close the popular hike due to the strong currents.
The park routinely closes the trail to hiking and canyoneering in the spring when snowmelt runoff exceeds 150 cubic feet per second. According to the park's website, walking can be "challenging and crossings of mid-thigh deep are frequent, with pools that can be chest deep" once the river exceeds even 70 cubic feet per second.
The park has had to close the Narrows to hiking and canyoneering as a result of strong snow melt levels about half the years in the past decade. Some of these closures were short. It only lasted 10 days in 2012, and a couple of days the following year, though both of those years posted below-normal snowpacks.In 2019, when the snowpack reached 18.7 inches, park rangers closed hiking access to the Narrows from April 6 to June 22.
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