Rock canyon is a short but very scenic canyon located in a remote section of Zion national park.

The deep sand road creates a filter to keep most people out of canyon except for the groups willing to take on the deep sanded roads.  The roads were indeed deep in sand. It reminded me of driving to white pocket.

We were in a jeep grand Cherokee with off road tires that were wider than traditional tires. There were moments where we felt like we might be digging into the sand but mark was able to power through.

After an hour of this kind of driving, we made it to the trailhead of the canyon.

we found a trail and followed it down into the canyon with the first rap coming right into play. 

We encountered 5 rappels up to 110 ft in length.  

All of the rappel had their own character to them and one of the drops, we were able to downclimb.

The main event was the 110 ft drop that took us into a beautiful alcove of glowing firey color within the sand stone. 

after we got into this canyon, we hiked out and to the river. there was a beautiful stream flowing into the river.  The hike out was straight forward and we all got back to the car in less than three hours.