The Most EPIC Hikes in the National Parks

The Most EPIC Hikes in the National Parks

paulfuchs2016

7 Sep, 2023

Figure Eight Loop, Bryce Canyon National Park

Red and orange hoodoos - covered in snow and surrounded by pine trees - rise towards a blue sky along the Figure Eight Loop, one of the most epic hikes in the national parks.
Snow-covered hoodoos along the Figure Eight Loop

Hike Statistics:

Distance: 6.3 miles

Elevation gain: 1,499 feet

Highlights: Sunset Point, Sunrise Point, Wall of Windows, Thor’s Hammer, Wall Street, Queen Victoria

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About this Hike

Bryce Canyon is one of the most bizarre and unique-looking landscapes in the country. While it’s instantly satisfying to view the park’s famous hoodoos and colorful rock spires from any of its many overlooks, it’s way more satisfying to hike among them.

The Figure Eight Loop combines several of Bryce Canyon’s most popular hikes and adds the Peekaboo Loop. Together, they create a memorable tour of Bryce Canyon filled with exciting sights around every corner.

See the beautiful sights I saw when I hiked in Bryce Canyon in March of 2023.

For me, the thing that made this hike “epic” was doing it in the winter. The snow-covered ground creates a unique color palette, adding brilliant white to red, orange, blue, beige, and green. If you’re lucky, you might get caught in a brief snow shower. When you mix all of these elements together, it feels like you’re traveling through a fairyland.

A single red hoodoo rises above a landscape covered in snow and red-orange landscapes along the epic Figure Eight hike in Bryce Canyon National Park.
Bryce Canyon in the snow
The sun shines through a wall of red hoodoos in Bryce Canyon.
Wall Street
Red hoodoos and pine trees rise above a snow-covered landscape in Bryce Canyon.
A view along the Figure Eight Loop
Maria raises her arms in front of a collection of snow-covered hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park.
Maria with hoodoos
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