Bryce Canyon
Sunset pano overlooking Bryce Canyon N.P. with iconic "Boat Mountain, Sinking Ship and Hoodoos" in the distance....
My favourite National Park in the US and at it's best with a dusting of snow.
- Willa Cather.
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It's been a while since I posted an image here. Life has been hectic for the past couple of weeks. While we were not affected drastically by the COVID-19 pandemic, we didn’t take a chance with a premie in the house. Adjusting to work from home has been a significant challenge, especially with a young toddler in the house. So instead of a travel-filled summer, we promised each other the wife and I are back inside wistfully looking at old photos of the beautiful locations that we have visited. After a bit of adjustment to the new lifestyle, I see no reason not to keep on posting about some of the fantastic places that we will be soon introducing to our daughter.
Today's shot is from the beautiful Bryce Canyon National Park. A couple of years ago, we made a winter road trip covering almost all the national parks of Utah. Our first stop was Bryce Canyon, and we drove in an parked just as a snowstorm cleared the park of most of its visitors. Most of the park was closed the whole time we were there, but we still managed to wake up super early every day and go for a stroll among the beautiful hoodoos covered in fresh snow.
This particular formation is widely known as Thor’s hammer because of its unique shape, and frankly, I couldn’t get enough pictures of it. This photo brings so many memories, and we can't wait to get back out again.
Another early Winter photo from the American West. Here the morning sun is peeping through the pine and casting some nice light on the Hoodoos in the park.
- Walter Scott.
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One of my favorite shots from our last road trip to Utah, almost exactly a year ago. We took this shot on our last day at Bryce Canyon National Park at the famous Sunset point. A snowstorm which shut down most of the Nation park had just cleared the area, and we were the only people here during sunrise that day. Despite the extremely slick trail, we decided to brave the cold and venture into the hiking trail to get close to the stunning Hoodoos and Thor’s Hammer formations.
I didn’t get a good shot of the mighty Mjolnir that day but this one and another shot which I posted some time ago captured the sense of the scene and the grandeur of the park wonderfully. Hopefully, I'd get a chance to come back and get the beauty of this park under better weather conditions.
Panoramic view of Bryce Canyon National Park, featuring the iconic rock formations of "Boat Mesa" and "Sinking Ship" in the distance....
Sunset Point, Bryce, UT
Off to the Adirondacks and Vermont, back in a bit.
This was the fourth time I visited Bryce Canyon. The trails up to the viewpoints were covered in snow, so I was hoping to see a lot of snow in the amphitheater. So it was slightly disappointing to see it like this when I arrived just after sunrise. Nonetheless, I like the view of the red rocks with the white specks between them.
Bryce Canyon National Park
- Michael Kennedy.
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The week between Christmas and New Years has been a shutdown week for me, so the wife and I decided to hit all the national parks in our neighborly state of Utah and finally get them off our list. We reached Bryce Canyon National park on the eve of Christmas but a winter storm had decided to be there along with us.
The temperature dropped to -10 degrees Fahrenheit and it was cold, moreover driving up to the canyon with only 3 meters of visibility was fun. Finally after some time I was thrilled to see a fresh coat of snow, but I don’t think my wife was as excited. So after she registered her protests, me considering them under advice, we reached the aptly named sunrise point just as cloud cover broke to give us some color in the otherwise winter gray scene.
- Malcolm Forbes.
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Bryce Canyon National Park is truly an otherworldly location, especially when you have it all to yourself. This past December we got the opportunity to visit the stunning park and as luck would have it, a large snowstorm hit the exact same time we were there. We literally reached the park with the storm and found the usually busy park empty except for some Asian tourists. Our first day at the park was pretty much shot due to the storm and the officials shut down most of the park drive.
But as the sunset time arrived, the sky cleared up a bit and the storm started retreating leaving some interesting clouds to add to sunset drama. So we waded through knee-deep snow to the stunning sunset point, which truly lived up to its name. Once we were at the sunset point viewpoint, I realized how overwhelming the spot actually is, when you take into account the number of photo opportunities. I decided to create a panorama shot as the sunset light started to color the sky just so that I could convey the vastness of this beautiful spot.
Bryce Canyon National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park is located in southwestern Utah in the United States. The major feature of the park is Bryce Canyon is a collection of giant natural amphitheaters along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is distinctive due to geological structures called hoodoos, formed by frost weathering and stream erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rocks.
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah United States September 2016
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Thor's Hammer
Bryce Canyon National Park
- Michelangelo.
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Thor’s hammer is a precariously shaped hoodoo that looks as if it’s going to topple over any minute. But it has been intact for more years that I have been alive so I am not going to judge based on looks. This formation almost blends into the multitude of hoodoos when you look at it from the sunset point but if you take the time out to hike a few hundred feet down, the whole scene changes and you can view the majestic formation standing out against the vivid blue sky.
I am very glad that we decided to stick with our travel plans even after learning about the winter storm that was going to hit the park. I took this shot on our last morning at Bryce canyon just as the skies cleared out after the storm, we had a fresh coat of powder and it was worth the -10F cold to see this place with a fresh blanket of snow.
- Bob Dylan.
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This shot was taken at sunset point, a favorite spot at Bryce Canyon National Park. Unlike what the name implies this spot is a fantastic place to be both at sunrise and sunset. We originally planned to be here at sunset but unfortunately, due to the storm most of the colors were absent, and we came back with not much drama in the sky. Fortunately, I checked my photo pills app and noticed that the spot we were standing was going to a be perfectly lit up in the morning. So we returned in the morning and thankfully sunrise coincided with a beautiful post-storm sky and with the hoodoos covered in a fresh coat of snow.
Unfortunately, the storm and the night turned the hiking paths very icy, and we had a hard time walking down the extremely slippery trail. So we didn’t get to enjoy the trails as we originally planned but still got some excellent shots.
- Samuel Butler.
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We spend the last days of 2016 enjoying a nice cold front that was moving into Bryce Canyon National Park. The whole park was shut down and other than some Asian tourists we had the whole park to ourselves. It was snowing pretty much the whole day for our first two days but on the third day as we got to sunset point in the morning we were greeted with crisp air and undisturbed layers and layers of snow over the beautiful geographic formations of the park. I made this shot of Thor’s hammer as the sun rose over the horizon, using one of the hoodoos to create a decent sun star.
- Henry David Thoreau
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Another shot from our bitter cold sunrise at Bryce Canyon national park. We were there during a snowstorm and most of the park was closed. This was taken at sunset point during sunset, or at least whatever passed for sunset that day. All we remember was a lot of gray and white along with brilliant red rocks. But it was truly an amazing sight to see much snow with the reds peeking out. Add to that I almost had the Sunset point all to myself which is truly a rarity.
.... one of the many Hoodoos lining the Queen's Garden and Navajo Loop of Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah
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