August 2016 – The views in Bryce Canyon National Park are absolutely breathtaking from the Rim Trail. This easy walking path extends for 5.5 miles along the edge of the canyon, going from Fairyland Point in the north and taking in the all the major overlooks until it arrives at Bryce Point in the south.
Bryce Canyon National Park at sunrise.
During our stay, we wandered up and down the Rim Trail many times, and we were stunned by the beauty every single time.
Good Morning from the Rim Trail
Huge orange pinnacles dwarf the evergreens – Fantastic!
But the magic of Bryce Canyon is to get down in among all those hoodoos.
A hiker snags a photo of this incredible view.
There are lots of hiking trails that wander between the peaks like thin pink ribbons strung all though the park. The tricky part is choosing which one to do!
A ribbon of trail leads down into the hoodoos.
As we descended down the Navajo Loop trail from Sunset Point, the rock walls and pinnacles rose higher and higher around us.
Hiking down into the hoodoos.
Hikers pause on the trail to take in the magnificent views.
The spires soared into the sky like turrets on a fairy tale castle.
This is a fairy tale landscape.
We hiked through this wonderland of rock formations utterly mesmerized.
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Here and there, the rocks would open up, offering a view through a window to the canyon beyond.
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The rock formations seemed to grow up from the depths of the desert floor.
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Some rocks formed thin walls, creating craggy partitions within the canyon.
A tree perched on top of a rock wall showed us just how big the wall is — Immense!
The trail heads down many steep switchbacks, offering peeks into enticing nooks and crannies on its way to the canyon floor far below.
A glimpse down into the depths…
These hiking trails are extremely popular, especially in the summer months when families from around the world are on vacation. It doesn’t make the trails any less appealing, but it is truly astonishing to watch the throngs of people climbing up and down these trails.
One afternoon I got chatting with a traveler from Germany, and as we talked idly about his travels in Patagonia, I set up my camera to do a time-lapse video of the hikers walking up and down the top few switchbacks of the Navajo Loop Trail at Sunset Point in front of us.
The result was fabulous. Check out the action not just at the top of the trail on the right but in the lower parts of the trail on the left. This is one of Bryce Canyon’s most popular hiking trails at its peak in August – Yikes!!
To replay, click the circular arrow in the bottom left corner
Of course, not all of Bryce Canyon National Park is crowded, and it doesn’t take much to get away from the masses. But these popular trails are a total thrill, and they are well worth doing, even if you’re sharing the experience with a busload of tourists and all their Facebook friends!
For a more solitary hike, we set out on the much less visited Fairyland Loop Trail one morning at dawn. That was an exquisitely serene experience which I’ll share in the next post.
If you are planning an RV trip to Bryce Canyon, there are links with more info below.
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More info about Bryce Canyon National Park:
- Bryce Canyon National Park Official Website – National Park Service Website
- Maps of Bryce Canyon National Park – National Park Service Maps
- Sunset Point, Rim Trail and Navajo Loop Trail in Bryce Canyon National Park – Google Maps
- RV/Tent Campgrounds in Bryce Canyon – Dry camping for small / medium RVs inside the National Park
- Ruby’s Inn RV Park – Full hookups and Big Rig Friendly in nearby Bryce Canyon City
- Red Canyon Campground – Beautiful dry camping with 6-8 campsites big enough for our 36′ fifth wheel trailer.
More blog posts from our RV trips to Bryce Canyon
- Bryce Canyon in Winter – Snow and Lace on the Red Rock Spires! 01/25/19
- Spring in Sarasota FL + Bryce Canyon’s Night Skies – in Trailer Life 04/04/17
- Bryce Canyon – Rainbow Point – Bristlecone Pines and Sweeping Vistas 11/01/16
- Bryce Canyon National Park – “Mossy Cave” – Mystery Waterfall! 10/18/16
- Red Canyon Utah and the Bryce Canyon Bike Trail! 10/13/16
- Bryce Canyon Gone Wild – Tempests, Rainbows & Wildlife 10/09/16
- Bryce Canyon National Park – Fairyland Trail – A Beautiful Hike! 10/02/16
- Bryce Canyon National Park – Inspiration Point – OMG! 09/27/16
- Bryce Canyon, UT – Fairyland of Pink Turrets 08/25/08
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Thanks so very much for bringing these transfixing views to us. I look forward to your camera “travellogues” every day.
Wow! That is wonderful, Lori! Thank you for such a kind and heartfelt compliment. You made our day!!!
How lucky you were to get such a beautiful cloud-filled sky, perfect for photography.
Cloudy skies sure do make for great photos, and we were very lucky to have a wide variety of skies during our 2+ week stay. An upcoming post is going to show just how wild and variable the weather — and clouds — can be at Bryce Canyon!!