Bryce Canyon National Park
Utah
A plateau rim in southern Utah worn into thousands of orange and white hoodoos, crowded most densely into the Bryce Amphitheater and strung along an eighteen-mile scenic drive that climbs to 9,115 feet at Rainbow Point. Every leg here is inside the park, so the $35 vehicle entrance fee (plus $100 a person for non-US residents) is the one ticket these challenges ask of you.
5 challenges · 21 stops
STARTERRainbow Point and the Bristlecones
≈ 600 steps0.3 mi · about 2 hoursStarter · 2 stops · 500 credStart where you live.The top of the park, eighteen miles south at the end of the scenic drive: Rainbow Point and Yovimpa Point, joined by the one-mile Bristlecone Loop through pines up to 1,800 years old. About two hours with the loop. The $35 park entrance fee (plus $100 a person for non-US residents) applies.
STARTERSunset to Bryce Point on the Rim
≈ 5,000 steps2.5 mi · about 2 hoursStarter · 3 stops · 500 credStart where you live.Two miles south along the Rim Trail from Sunset Point, climbing past Inspiration Point to Bryce Point, with the amphitheater of hoodoos below you the whole way. About two hours on foot; in season the free park shuttle brings you back. The $35 park entrance fee (plus $100 a person for non-US residents) applies.
STANDARDDown Queen's Garden, Up Past Thor's Hammer
≈ 4,500 steps2.2 mi · about 3 hoursStandard · 4 stops · 600 credOne trip earns it.The park's most walked trail: down Queen's Garden from Sunrise Point to the Queen Victoria hoodoo, across the canyon floor, and up the Two Bridges side of the Navajo Loop to Sunset Point. 2.9 miles and 625 feet of climb, two to three hours. The Wall Street side has been closed since flood damage in July 2026, so climb out by Two Bridges and check the park alerts first.
STANDARDThe Quiet North End
≈ 1,700 steps + 7.7 mi by car0.8 mi on foot · about 4.5 hours · + the walk in to 1 stop · + 1 stretch not routedStandard · 4 stops · 600 credOne trip earns it.A half day at the end of the park most people drive past: an early walk to the waterfall on the Mossy Cave Trail off Highway 12, the view from Fairyland Point, then three miles out and back below the rim past the Chinese Wall to Tower Bridge. About four and a half hours with the drives. The $35 park entrance fee (plus $100 a person for non-US residents) applies.
ADVANCEDThe Scenic Drive North to Paria View
≈ 7,500 steps + 10.0 mi by car3.6 mi on foot · about 6 hours · + the walk in to 1 stopAdvanced · 8 stops · 800 credGetting there is not the hard part.A full day by car down the plateau from the south end: the viewpoints sit on your right as you drive north, from Black Birch Canyon to Swamp Canyon, then the spur road to Paria View for the evening. Eight stops over about twenty miles; the road can close after snow. The $35 park entrance fee (plus $100 a person for non-US residents) applies.
Counted between stops; you'll walk more at each one.
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