Bryce Canyon National Park

Next stop on the itinerary, Bryce Canyon, a park which keeps its secrets well hidden. Until you reach the rim there are no indicators that there is anything special in the area, but once you get to the rim all is revealed, a geological wonderland of canyons, hoodoos, pinnacles, turrets and much more.

The Walks


There's a good variety of walks in Bryce, from 'round the rim to hiking amongst the hoodoos. I did a fair number of the trails, linked together in two walks.



Around the Rim and up and down to Sunrise Point

Starting at Bryce Point a two mile trail leads round the rim to sunset point where a trail leads down Wall Street and joins the Queens Garden Trail which winds around between the rocks, eventually returning up to the rim at sunrise point.

Walking around the rim is easy and gives good views into the canyon. It tends to be rather busy as there are frequent carparks and people don't venture far from their car. It's strange to have made no effort and to be looking down to something spectacular, a different experience to climbing munros!

A steep descent takes you down to Wall Street, here runoffs from the rain have created a narrow canyon in which a path has been built. It was rather busy (it is Wall Street after all!) but at the bottom it got quieter, amazing tall trees grew in the narrow passages, growing tall to try to catch sunlight.

At the bottom of Wall Street a number of paths go in different directions, I took the Queens Garden Trail, which would eventually lead back up to the rim - the hard work would be at the end! This is a glorious walk, in an incredible location - out of this world! I'm sure that I've said this already on this trip. I walked around listening to Ludovico Einaudi's I Giorni on my iPod - bliss. (Thanks Liz for introducing me to Ludovico.)