Angels Landing back to the Photo Gallery Zion National Park is a spectacular canyon carved out of the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone. In a relatively short time, the Virgin River has eroded 3,000 feet of sandstone and underlying shales to produce one of the most scenic gorges in North America. One of the best ways to see the canyon is to climb to Angel's Landing, a vertical needle of rock situated in the center of the gorge. The trail follows the ridge and is lined by chains anchored in the sometimes slippery sandstone.
Cliffs drop off hundreds of feet on both sides.