Navajo Loop Trail is one of the most popular hiking trail at Bryce National Park. The trail starts at Sunset Point within Bryce National Park and it is about 2 miles long. The trail takes you down into Bryce Canyon among all the Hoodoos. Navajo Loop Trail offer breathtaking view of the Bryce amphitheater and it is definitely a must do when visiting Bryce National Park.
We got to Sunset Point really early around 6:30AM, shortly after sunrise. The view was amazing under the early morning sun. It was simply incredible. As we head down to the trail, we were already spending so much time on taking lot of photos. Since the trail is a loop, we decided to go left first, which is the opposite direction of the Wall Street. This was because we wanted to see Thor's Hammer first.
After about 0.2 miles, we got to Thor's Hammer. Thor's Hammer is a strange looking rock standing by itself. The top of the rock looks like a hammer standing straight on the rock. The rising sun behind the hammer really gave an incredible view which made the look of the hammer even more divine. Many people were standing on the trail taking photos of this moment.
After a few moment, we got to a very interesting part of the trail. The trail was zigzagging down the hill between the rocky walls. This view was so fun and interesting. This scenery seems to be something from World of Warcraft. We really loved this little fun trail here. The trail was well graded and zigzagging downwards.
After getting down to the canyon, the trail loops back up on the East side.So instead of going down hill, it was time to climb back up. On this side of the trail, the trail goes through Wall Street. This section of the trail goes through a narrow path between really tall rocky walls. Some part of the path go right underneath the rock and around the boulders. It was really cool. This was definitely a different kind of feel compared to the hikes that we have done before. We enjoyed this very much to see the rocky wall formation.
Many people chose to take rest here because there is a lot of shade here. The tall rocky wall blocked the sun light. Interesting enough, there were still pine trees in this narrow canyon. The pine trees just kept on growing taller and taller. It was almost as tall as the wall.
We finished this trail in about 1.5 hours. Although it was only about 2 miles, we spent a lot of time taking photos. Otherwise we could have finished this trail under 1 hour. We highly recommend doing this trail when visiting Bryce National Park. It is definitely a must do on everyone to do list.
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