Queen's Garden Trail, Bryce Canyon Utah

This is where the hike starts! Pass by the informational sign on your left about the human impact in the canyon, then read the info on the sign on your right to find out you have 0.8 mile to go and 320 ft. of decent until you reach the Queen. Proper footwear is important if it is muddy or snow covered, but it really is an easy trail that you can get down with sandals on. I think the decent is a bit more than 320 ft. though, but we'll go with the sign.

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The trail is snowy in the early Spring. The snow catches the morning light and reflects golden light.

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If you are early enough getting onto the trail, the orange glow from the sunrise lights up the contours of the trail in a magical way. Breath in the fresh air and enjoy the morning light as you hike down this wonderful trail.

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From here you get a wonderful view of Queen's Garden if you climb off trail on your right and up to the top of a small hill.

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This is a horse trail that starts at the top (you may have smelled some evidence on your way down) and now splits off here and goes I don't know where. This is a great place to branch off of the trail a bit and get out to a point where you have a 360 degree view. If you came down the trail before sunrise, this is where you want to be when the sun crests the far away cliffs. Sit down and enjoy the show.

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Hoodoos were formed when the sandstone in this entire region was compressed and then twisted by movement of the earth. The twisting and compression cracked the stone into an array of tall blocks. Water, ice, and wind then eroded the cracks leaving tall spires called hoodoos in the thousands all throughout Bryce Canyon.

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This is the beginning of Queen's Garden, an amazing array of hoodoos that you can walk through in amazement.

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Here in the garden, there is a little hole in the wall where you can see the sun through if you are in the right place at the right time.

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Here is our destination: The Queen Victoria Hoodoo. Called this because it looks like The Queen on her throne. I think the little hoodoo on her right looks like a little dog also.

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