7 September 2020 Riggs Spring Loop (9 miles, +1,900/-1,900 feet). The weather was *really* spooky today. It was extremely windy, and we got an early start because it was supposed to be very hot. We could barely see the sunrise through the morning haze of smoke from the California fires that followed us here from…
Category: Bryce Canyon
Cedar Breaks to Bryce
6 September 2020 Alpine Pond Loop (2 miles, +200/-200 feet) and Bryce Point to Sunset Point (2 miles, +300/-300 feet). Today we are moving on to Bryce Canyon. We were supposed to do a backpack on the under-the-rim trail there, but today we’ll see highs in the 80s and tomorrow we’ll see lows in the…
The Queen’s Garden
Queens Garden Trail to Wall Street (2.9 miles, +600/-600 feet). Okay, let’s face it. I tried to kill my own mother yesterday. She did great, but today we thought we would try something a little more tranquilo. We began the day early at Sunrise Point, which, as it turns out, is aptly named. We then quickly started…
Adventures in Fairyland
Fairyland Loop Trail (8.0 miles, +2,300/-2,300 feet). The last time ZoZoZoom visited Bryce Canyon, she had to care for her sick father while the rest of her family did a hike into the canyon. She had always dreamed of going back one day so she could do the hike, too. Well that day was today! We…