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Zion Canyon Scenic Drive

The canyon floor under thousand-foot walls, with only shuttle buses for company in shuttle season.

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123 0 mi 6.4 mi 4,457 ft 4,032 ft 123 0 mi 6.4 mi 4,457 ft 4,032 ft
  • Easy (under 3%)
  • Moderate (3–6%)
  • Hard (6–9%)
  • Very steep (9% and up)

Ride it at home

Pair a smart trainer and ride this route from home. The resistance follows the climbs, the dot moves at your speed, and the park's warnings pop up as you reach them.

Difficulty sets how steep the climbs feel on the trainer: 100% is the real grade. Your speed on the map always uses the real grade and your weight.

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Watch-outs on this ride

Numbered on the map and the profile. Park notes come from Zion's own NPS pages; steep sections are measured from the elevation data.

  1. Canyon Junction: short sight lines

    The park flags limited sight lines and narrow lanes here. Shuttles: pull over and stop completely when one comes up behind you. Groups are limited to six bikes.

    Park note, mile 0.0

  2. Weeping Rock: narrow lanes

    Another spot the park singles out for limited sight lines and narrow lanes. Slow down.

    Park note, mile 4.7

  3. Temple of Sinawava

    End of the road. Ride back down or use the shuttle racks (regular bikes only; no e-bikes on shuttles).

    Park note, mile 6.4

Route traced on OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); elevation from Mapzen/AWS Terrain Tiles. Grades are worked out over about 200 m from public elevation data and can be off by a percent or two, more on tight switchbacks. Check the Zion guide and the park's own page for current rules and closures before you ride.

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