Big Spring: 4 Miles into the Narrows
Big Spring: a difficult and beautiful destination in the Virgin Narrows I hiked (and swam) to Big Spring in the Zion Narrows. I love the Virgin Narrows in Zion National Park and hoped to finally go all the way to a special spot 4 miles upstream where fresh water copiously pours out of solid rock. I went in September. Rain had fallen about a week earlier which muddied the river more than I expected. I walked up in liquid that resembled chocolate milk. At one point I even had to swim through a deep section! Big Spring is a lovely destination. Three different flows come out of the rock with beautiful ferns and trees adjacent. Photographing this beauty required a wide-angle lens and a polarizer. The fast flow of water rattled my tripod when I shot in the river itself, making me keep a hand on it at all times. I climbed up on the spring to shoot these ferns up close but it can be quite slippery (remember, this is called "slic...