Bryce Canyon Hoodoo

Hoodoo 
What creation would be given such a name?
Take a look left and see.

  Paiute Indian Myth says that the Animal Legend People who lived in Bryce Canyon long ago displease the Coyote. Angered, he turned the people all to rock. Still standing at attention today in the form of Hoodoo's.

Bryce Canyon draws over 1.7 million people from all over the globe each year with the majority of the visitors arriving in the summer months, although the Park is open year round. Bryce Canyon National Park is located three miles south of Highway 12 on Highway 63. Established as a National Park in 1928 and named after Ebenezer Bryce, an early Mormon settler, who homesteaded in Bryce in the mid 1870's and died in 1880. The name Bryce Cany in Paiute means "Bowl Shaped Canyon filled with Red Rocks Standing up like Men."

The Park is open year-round and if you like the cold weather you will be rewarded with the beauty of Bryce's hoodoos topped with snow. Bryce unlike its name suggest is not really a Canyon like Zion Park, but an eastern escarpment of the Pausaguant Plateau. On the edge of this great Plateau huge, fragile formations rise forming the 14 amphitheaters that make up Bryce Canyon.

So close to Zion Park, but so different is Red Canyon and Bryce Canyon National Park. Red Canyon, a scenic and forested Red Rock Canyon, is located at the entrance to Bryce so you pass through it to get to the Park. There is no entry fee to drive through or hike in Red Canyon, unlike Bryce Canyon. A small Visitors Center is open from memorial Day to Labor Day and provide information on the area. There are some fun hikes here including the Birds Eye Trail. This is a moderate .8 mile hike that take you up close to some of the red rock formations. Many of the areas here resemble those of Bryce Canyon. The 3 mile-Losee Canyon Trail takes the hiker past some select rock formations. Like Bryce Canyon, Red Canyon is open year round.

Bryce Canyon is filled with majestic sites, such as Moon Temple, Seal Castle, Tower Bridge, The Queen's Court, Victorian Arch, The Sculptor's Studio, Oastler's Castle, Great Cathedral, Wall of Windows along the Peekaboo Loop, the Alligar, the Mormon Temple, Lot's Wife, Fairy Castle, Temple of Osiris, Thor's Hammer, The Sentinels and Victorian Arch and the highest of the peaks is Rainbow Point. All this carved by the ancient mayhem that nature stired up.

The shuttle system in Bryce is voluntary and only runs during the more active summer months. Bryce is Eighteen miles long with many pullouts for scenic veiws and short walks to view points such as Sunrise, Sunset, Rainbow, Yovimpa and Inspiration points. The park boasts of fifty miles of hiking trails showcasing the beauty of nature. Elevation in Bryce ranges from 6000 feet to 9100 feet.

Unlike Zion, Bryce Canyon is seen best from above, looking down into the vast Amphitheaters. The Visitors Center offeres a museum and slide show. Here you will find a list of Ranger Interpretive Tours and Trail Rides offered. Bryce Canyon has more than 50 miles of trails to hike.

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