Hiking Fairyland Loop in Bryce National Park

While we have been to Bryce before, we have never been terribly impressed with it. Yes, it does have beautiful shapes and colors, but we were never drawn to spend much time there. In fact, two years ago in the spring when we visited there were still patches of snow (which added an extra beauty), but it was so cold and windy we just dashed from the car to the rim to take a few photos and then back to the car.

This year we looked for a longish hike down in the canyon, and chose the eight-mile Fairyland loop. Wow! It was really cool. We’ll do it again if we’re still able whenever we return. The perspective is completely different when down in the canyon looking up at the colorful hoodoos.

A weather front was moving in and we could see thunderheads to the north and heard an occasional rumble of thunder. Luckily, we made it back to the truck before the first sprinkles started.

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—Bryce Canyon Fairyland Loop 2012 photo gallery