Middle Echo Canyon (3BII)

Location: Zions National Park
Rating: Intermediate 3B II
Length: 3-5 hours
Longest Rappel: 20ft (6m)
Start: Weeping Rock
End: Loop (Weeping Rock trail)
Permits: Required
Wet Suit: Yes
Shuttle: Yes

** Permits can be obtained from Zion National park through an online lottery system. The lottery is 2 days, 7 days or 3 months in advance. Mystery and Subway are the only canyons with a lottery 3 months in advance. Click here for site lottery.

Overview: This canyon offers several short rappels, a few extremely cold swims, and some fabulous narrows. Echo is shaded well and the water within remains freezing even in the summer months! Contains a Keeper-hole, so don't attempt alone!

Approach:

From Weeping Rock hike up the Echo Canyon Trail toward Observation Point. At trail junction take the right branch toward Cable Mountain. After about 10 minutes, the trail crosses a small canyon. Just a bit further, step off the trail to the right, and follow a small trail along the rim of the small canyon, and then down a steep hill into the canyon.