I provide a free route map, but you can also download a hike/drive GPX to assist you and to help support my site. Before sharing my GPX tracks with others, please remember my site is a free resource and I'm charging nominal fees to offset my substantial costs.
GPX track added to your cart.
Dec 18, 2016 — Progeny Peak is a short backcountry peaklet on the east side of Zion, complete with excellent views of the area and a sandsotne arch called Two Pines Arch. There are cairns for some of the route, but expect to be route-finding for much of the outing. Starting from a pull-out off UT-9, we headed north along a social trail and entered a minor drainage. Avoiding a few dryfalls, we made our way to the base of Progeny Peak, where we could make out Two Pines Arch above.
Class 2 slickrock took us a couple hundred feet to the vertically-oriented arch, positioned next two a couple of pine trees. Just behind the arch is a chasm that hugs cliff face. Keep left of the chasm and head up a series of Class 2/2+ ledgy blocks. Above these blocks the terrain continues ascending in Class 2 mode, where route-finding becomes a bit trickier. The slope is wide, which meant we could wander along the slabs, but we cotninued ascending and the scrambling never exceed Class 2/2+. Once we reached the northwest ridge of Progeny Peak, we continued on a slab to the summit.
If you're interested in a more adventurous and longer outing with an approach for Progeny Peak from the north, check out my Bighorn Peak, Progenty Peak trip report from a few years after doing this hike.
Please consider helping me out if you find my site useful. I'm not sponsored, so all site fees are out-of-pocket and my time preparing these trip reports is unpaid. You can also hire me as a web developer. I really appreciate it!
If you find my site helpful, please help me replace my many broken cameras, fund my website fees (hosting, APIs, security), or just support my countless hours of work. I pay for all expenses myself, and all trip reports I post are unpaid and unsponsored, so any support is really appreciated!
If using PayPal, please select their option for "Sending to a friend" so they don't take out fees, thank you.
My site is free to use, but consider sending me a few bucks to help keep it running. Thanks in advance!