Thursday, 6 December 2018

Hike through the heart of Bryce Canyon National Park ( Thanks Giving Break- 2018)



My Journey started from flying from San Francisco to Las Vegas. 
 We started our Road trip from Saint Gorge, Utah towards Bryce Canyon National Park.
It took four hours drive to reach the National Park and we noticed the Park visitor center was closed as it was during Thank Giving Break. Then we head to the Bryce Canyons. It was a busy day.
We started doing Navajo Loop Trail (1.4 mile).
   The Bryce canyon is praised for its beautiful canyons giving a unique perspective with several hoodoos formations. We started around 3 PM and it was too cold and we got prepared by having layered clothing and stated the hike. As we passing through famous Thor's Hammer and get amused with its unique formation and then started the hike and reached near switch backs. This place made me so happy that gives me a warm feeling by looking at crimson colored canyons making stretches down towards the bottom of hoodoos and it give a unique hiking experience. we continued our hike to complete a loop and got some amazing pictures gives the orange hoodoos background a perfect backdrop and then we stated hiking to reach the top of the canyon. On the way, we noticed to elevate the mood may be mother nature showered snow flakes and its my first snow fall for the season making me a memorable moment for my lifetime and suddenly it turned to a snow storm and made us to run to the parking lot to hide from the freezing cold and harsh winds.
We ran to parking lot and stayed for a while and waited till the weather got settled up. Then we head back to see the canyons and after the snow fall, the canyon was filled with ice topping which gives the real beauty of Bryce Canyon. Glad to see both versions of beautiful Bryce and waited for sunset and it was an amazing experience to hike through the canyon and watching the breathtaking vistas of this beautiful rock formations.

Unique Hoodoos

Trail towards the Hoodoos
                                                                                                           
Snow capped Bryce Canyon