Recent visit With the moisture this year lots of vegetation Fair bit of bushwacking Bring a machette and leave the kids at home Still quite amazing!

Fun way to visit Bryce & beat the crowds & fees is to hike up from Tropic Take any road from town west until it ends right at the park boundary An short, easy hike puts you in the heart of the hoodoos

I'd say the required time is 5-7 hours We flew through on a recent visit, car-to-car time of 55 hours 4 hours is not possible without running

I'm going to be in the area in May and would like to visit Zebra canyon It sounds like there is fairly deep water more often than not If I were to encounter a lot of water, do you think it would be possible to go around the canyon and enter it from the other side

You can't go around without technical gear, as coming down canyon will require a rappel as I recall I've been in there a handful of times and never found more than about knee deep water By May it should be plenty warm to wade hopefully not swim through : Have a great trip, it is an amazing place to visit

Make sure to stop and visit the Golden Spike National Monument which is on the way to the Spiral Jetty  They have a nice visitor center there to peruse, and starting the first Saturday in May, Golden Spike National Historic Site hosts Re-enactments of the Driving of the Last Spike Site ceremony on Saturdays and holidays through the middle of September  Great family activity and fun for the history buffs in the family! 

Fun side note, since we were pressed for time we actually hitchhiked a ride from the nicest man, who just so happened to be the property owner of that area Garth  We had a great visit with him the entire ride up and hope to cross paths with him again

Nov 14, 2017 Another heads-up: Gemini Bridge Road from highway 191 is passible only for a high clearance 4 x 4 truck or other A 4WD SUV such as Jeep Cherokee is will not make it up the first shelf unless you want to rip out the undercarriage Don't despair though, it is still possible to access this canyon from the west side of the Gemnini Bridge Road starting on Highway 313 By driving in this way, you can also visit the dual Gemini Bridges which are a short hike from the trailhead A short fun canyon with beaut...

We talked to the rangers about the loop hike with Sheik's Canyon They strongly discouraged us from doing that loop, as the exit out of Sheik's is potentially hard to find, there are loose rocks that are potentially dangerous, and they've had to do multiple rescues If you plan to do the loop, at least visit the Kane Gulch Ranger Station and talk to them first We hiked Bullet down to Jailhouse Ruin on 2018-04-09 Really nice day in the canyon, excellent ruins I especially liked Perfect Kiva, it's a real treat to get a...

Have not done this trail myself, but we talked to the rangers about the loop hike entering at Bullet Canyon and exiting at Sheik's They strongly discouraged us from doing that loop, as the exit out of Sheik's is potentially hard to find, there are loose rocks that are potentially dangerous, and they've had to do multiple rescues If you plan to do the loop, at least visit the Kane Gulch Ranger Station and talk to them first