Mystery map

The trail starts at Weeping Rock, and climbs almost 2500 ft up through lower and middle Echo Canyon,

and up past Observation Point before you drop into Mystery Canyon.  Mystery ends with a long slippery

rappel into the Zion Narrows upstream from the end of the trail.

Lower Echo Canyon

on the hike up

Lower Echo Canyon

where the trail crosses

Narrow slit to my right is Middle Echo

The trail parallels it for a while before climbing again

Looking back towards the main Zion Canyon

as we climb up the trail towards Observation Point Trail

Interesting rock fin

Views of the main Zion Canyon

as we continue climbing towards Observation Point

You can see the dark slit of Echo Canyon down below

The dark slit of Echo Canyon down below

You can also see the trail we were on snaking alongside Echo Canyon

Flowers and brush in a recent burn area

near Observation Point

The drop in point for Mystery

The canyon heads due north for about a mile, then turns sharply left towards the narrows 

The descent into this thing is nasty, especially when the dirt is still wet from the previous days rain

Fall foliage in the upper canyon

The canyon is starting to slot up

Dan comes down the fluted rappel

A nice narrows section

This one has pools at the bottom

Not sure how deep, but it's a cool day so we put the wetsuits on to stay warm

Moss on the slickrock

Devils Hole

Formed by the big rockslide at the far end

Dan gets wet

Now it's my turn 

I'm trying to keep the camera and rope dry

Looking back from the top of the rockslide

Layers in the Navajo sandstone

The lower part of Mystery

Moss on the rock

Dan descends into a pool

Descending down a log

Another short slot section

Rigging a long rappel down into a pool

Here goes!

Rigging the final rappel

down the slippery wall into the narrows

Not a single tourist down there

to take pictures of us.  How disappointing!

Go for it, Dan!