Hiking trails in Colorado Plateau, United States

Browse 11 hiking trails in Colorado Plateau, United States. Compare route difficulty, season, distance, GPX status and open hiking plans.

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• Bristlecone Loop — Colorado Plateau · United States · 1.6 km loop · Easy

  A short high-elevation forest loop among spruce, fir and ancient bristlecone pines.

• Fairyland Loop — Colorado Plateau · United States · 12.9 km loop · Strenuous

  A long, less-crowded loop past the Chinese Wall, Tower Bridge and dense fields of tall hoodoos.

• Hat Shop Trail — Colorado Plateau · United States · 6.4 km return · Strenuous

  A steep Under-the-Rim descent to a cluster of balanced-rock hoodoos known as the Hat Shop.

• Hayduke Trail — Colorado Plateau · United States · 1300 km · Challenging

  Hayduke Trail is a 1300 km hiking route through Colorado Plateau, suited to hikers who want remote desert canyon trekking terrain and a clear multi-day…

• Mossy Cave Trail — Colorado Plateau · United States · 1.3 km return · Easy

  A short streamside walk to a shaded grotto and seasonal waterfall below roadside hoodoos.

• Peekaboo Loop — Colorado Plateau · United States · 8.8 km loop · Strenuous

  A steep clockwise loop through the heart of the amphitheater beneath the Wall of Windows.

• Queen’s Garden Trail — Colorado Plateau · United States · 2.9 km one way · Moderate

  The least difficult official descent from the rim into the Bryce Amphitheater hoodoos.

• Rim Trail — Bryce Point to Fairyland Point — Colorado Plateau · United States · 17.7 km one way · Moderate

  A long rim traverse connecting the park’s main amphitheater overlooks above thousands of hoodoos.

• Sunset to Sunrise Trail — Colorado Plateau · United States · 1.6 km return · Easy

  A paved rim walk linking two major amphitheater viewpoints above Bryce Canyon’s hoodoos.

• Swamp Canyon Loop — Colorado Plateau · United States · 6.4 km loop · Moderate

  A quieter backcountry-style loop through forest and hoodoo country away from the main amphitheater crowds.

• Tower Bridge Trail — Colorado Plateau · United States · 4.8 km return · Moderate

  A partial Fairyland Loop hike to the Chinese Wall and the shaded Tower Bridge formation.

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