Hiking · Bryce Canyon, Utah, USA · recorded with NomadTracks

Peekaboo Loop, Bryce Canyon: 15 km among the hoodoos

Bryce Canyon from the rim is a postcard; from the canyon floor it's an architecture tour. This 14.9 km combination of Queens Garden, Peekaboo Loop and Navajo Trail dives below the rim and weaves through the hoodoos, with about 890 m of accumulated climbing in constant small doses.

Distance14.9 km
Elevation gain893 m
ActivityHiking
Duration4 h 26 min

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Route map of Peekaboo Loop, Bryce Canyon: 15 km among the hoodoos drawn from the recorded GPS points on an OpenStreetMap basemap
The actual recorded GPS track — start marked green, finish orange. Numbered pins mark where the photos below were taken.

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Elevation profile of the track
Elevation profile over the full distance. Switch the map above to interactive mode, then slide across the chart — a marker follows the route.

Where the meters hide

No single big climb — the elevation profile is a saw blade. That's Bryce: every amphitheater costs 60 m down and 60 m back up at 2,400 m altitude. Knowing this from the chart is the difference between planning a stroll and packing enough water.

The national-park map, alive

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About the place: Bryce Canyon, Utah, USA

Bryce Canyon National Park in southern Utah is not a canyon but a row of eroding amphitheaters at 2,400 m, filled with the world's largest concentration of hoodoos. The Queens Garden, Navajo and Peekaboo trails interconnect below the rim between Sunrise and Sunset Points; the altitude means cool mornings even in summer and snow-dusted hoodoos from November to April.

Orange hoodoo spires of the Bryce Canyon amphitheater at sunrise
1 · Orange hoodoo spires of the Bryce Canyon amphitheater at sunrise
Trail winding between limestone hoodoos in Bryce Canyon
2 · Trail winding between limestone hoodoos in Bryce Canyon
Red rock tunnel carved through a fin on the Peekaboo Loop
3 · Red rock tunnel carved through a fin on the Peekaboo Loop
Pines and hoodoos along the Peekaboo Loop trail
4 · Pines and hoodoos along the Peekaboo Loop trail
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