Landmark
Pine Creek Tunnel
A gated pre-War highway tunnel on Zion's eastern edge, one of two ways out of the valley and the site of the Flight from Zion finale.
- Map
- Zion Canyon
- Faction
- None
- Danger
- Low
- Map position
- 16 × 12
Pine Creek Tunnel was built before the war to carry Utah State Route 9 out of Zion, and it is based on the real Zion-Mount Carmel Tunnel. It sits southeast of the East Fork Bridge and the yao guai cave, and in 2281 it is one of only two passable routes in or out of the canyon, the other being the Southern Passage. A large gate covers the entrance and the tunnel interior cannot be entered. Both the Sorrows and the Dead Horses consider the surrounding area dangerous and hard to cross without a map.
The tunnel matters in Flight from Zion, the ending you get by siding with Daniel. Salt-Upon-Wounds and a White Legs war party attack the Sorrows here. You can fight him or pass a Speech check to make him leave in peace. Afterwards Daniel hands you the mining detonator, and setting off the charges above the tunnel mouth brings down the cliff to block the White Legs' pursuit, ending the main story.
How to get there
Follow the road southeast from the East Fork Bridge past the yao guai cave until it ends at the tunnel gate.
Notable loot
- Salt-Upon-Wounds' helmet and power fist (if you kill him here during Flight from Zion)
Related quests
- Flight from Zion
Notable characters
- Daniel
- Salt-Upon-Wounds
Tips
- A Speech 75 check lets you send Salt-Upon-Wounds away without bloodshed.
- Make sure every scattered Sorrow is accounted for before telling Daniel you are ready to go; it affects the ending.