{"id":718,"date":"2016-04-03T00:08:39","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T06:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/?p=718"},"modified":"2016-04-03T23:02:36","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T05:02:36","slug":"utahs-best-desert-hikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/?p=718","title":{"rendered":"Utah&#8217;s best desert hikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_729\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/zion_narrows_start.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-729\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-729\" src=\"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/zion_narrows_start-1024x341.jpg\" alt=\"Virgin River, Zion Narrows\" width=\"640\" height=\"213\" class=\"size-large wp-image-729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/zion_narrows_start-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/zion_narrows_start-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/zion_narrows_start-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/zion_narrows_start-500x167.jpg 500w, https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/zion_narrows_start.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heading upstream near the start of the Narrows, Zion National Park<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The deserts of the American southwest, and southern Utah in particular, are probably my favorite hiking area. It&#8217;s just a day&#8217;s drive, or less, from my home in Boulder, Colorado, and I&#8217;ve lost count of the number of hiking trips I&#8217;ve made there. Although I&#8217;ve only seen a fraction of this vast region I reckon I&#8217;ve seen enough to offer some recommendations to my top day hikes. In that spirit, this post includes some (newly reprocessed!) photos, videos, and short descriptions of the hikes I&#8217;ve enjoyed most in the parks and wilderness areas of southern Utah.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click on any of the photos for large versions<\/em><\/p>\n<p><font size=+1><b>Overview of Utah&#8217;s desert hiking areas<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<p><b>Moab, Arches and Canyonlands National Parks<\/b> &#8211; <em>bring a bike<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deserts of the American southwest, and southern Utah in particular, are probably my favorite hiking area. It&#8217;s just a day&#8217;s drive, or less, from my home in Boulder, Colorado, and I&#8217;ve lost count of the number of hiking trips &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/?p=718\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":758,"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions\/758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philarmitage.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}