THE SUBWAY Top-Down Route (via Russell Gulch) 
The Subway photo (Zion National Park) -- © 2006 Joe Braun Photography

Just past the Subway, the canyon opens up and the slot experience is over.
But we still have a lot of hiking ahead of us to get out!

The Subway photo (Zion National Park) -- © 2006 Joe Braun Photography

Wonderful waterfalls and tiered slickrock steps take us down the Left Fork.

The Subway photo (Zion National Park) -- © 2006 Joe Braun Photography

The fault line cuts through the floor of the canyon.

The Subway photo (Zion National Park) -- © 2006 Joe Braun Photography

These steps make me feel like I am exiting sacred space and am returning back to the mundane world.

The Subway photo (Zion National Park) -- © 2002 Joe Braun Photography

Many canyon treefrogs hang out by the water in the afternoon sun.

The Subway photo (Zion National Park) -- © 2006 Joe Braun Photography

Still smiling near the end of the hike. "What do you mean the final section is uphill?"