Zion Adventure Itinerary: 5 Days Hiking, Biking and Climbing
Conquer the best of Zion on this ultimate active vacation featuring backpacking, climbs and bike rides.
Mikaela is the associate content director for National Park Trips. She lives in her beautiful home state of Colorado with her husband and loves writing about the outdoors, travel and the environment. Her passion is to introduce people to the outdoors so that they fall in love and help protect the wild places she loves to play in.
She spends most of her free time outside hiking, skiing, mountain biking, doing yoga – you name it. When she’s not outside, you can find her researching cheap flights, exploring hipster coffee shops or on the hunt for Denver’s best mac n’ cheese. You can follow her adventures on Instagram @themillennialoutside.
If you ask Mikaela what her favorite color is, she’ll tell you Pantone 7578 C. It’s the color of the rocks in Arches National Park and at its absolute best, in her opinion, when covered in snow.
Conquer the best of Zion on this ultimate active vacation featuring backpacking, climbs and bike rides.
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