Visiting Weeping Rock in Zion requires one of the park’s shortest hikes (1/2 mile round trip), making it extremely popular with casual, half-day park visitors. Unfortunately, what the hike lacks in length, it makes up for in elevation gain (nearly 100 feet). I had just completed the exhausting 8 mile hike to Observation Point, which I chronicled on the previous page. After a few minutes in the creek at the trailhead, my feet had recovered slightly, and for some reason, I decided to hike up to see Weeping Rock, even though I had been there before, and I doubted very […]