Panguitch Utah and Bryce Canyon

Well, here we are, heading South again.

Barrhead to Butte to Panguitch and finally to Mesa, Arizona

We stayed at the Panguitch House B&B for a couple nights. Bryce Canyon is a short drive away and we planned to do some hiking there.

We stopped at Red Canyon on the way to Bryce Canyon. "You ain't seen nothing yet" was a comment we heard along the way.

Bryce Canyon National Park is situated in South-West Utah

There are 13 lookout points along the 20 mile long rim drive. If you feel energetic there are 8 marked trails that can be walked in less than a day. Most include the 800 ft vertical decent from the rim and return climb to get back to where you started. We chose a "moderate" 1.5 hr trail and found it challenging because of the altitude. The 35,000 acre park varies in altitude from 6,600 ft to 9,000 ft above sea level so if you're used to hiking around Edmonton (2,200 ft) or Victoria (0 ft) you might easily find yourself out of breath because the air is a bit "thin".

Although it's called a "canyon" the folks around here like to refer to it as a series of natural amphitheaters. Many of the hoodoos are well over 200 ft tall.

Yvonne making her way down into the canyon on a well-used path. Going down is the easy part.