Was ist los in Bryce-Canyon-Nationalpark, Vereinigte Staaten – übers Jahr

Viel los – Winter / Christmas break in Vereinigte Staaten, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im Januar beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Wall Street closed for winter (1. Nov. – 10. Apr. (meist)), Winter spur road closures (15. Nov. – 1. Apr. (meist))

Ruhig – einer der Monate mit dem schlechtesten Wetter

• Festival

  Bryce Canyon Winter Festival

  12.–18. Feb. · meistGroßes Festival

  Presidents Day weekend at the park gate: ski and snowshoe clinics, photography workshops and archery, laid on because snow on the hoodoos is the reason to come in February. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Wall Street closed for winter (1. Nov. – 10. Apr. (meist)), Winter spur road closures (15. Nov. – 1. Apr. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Spring break on the Mighty Five, Spring break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Feiertag

  Spring break on the Mighty Five

  10. März – 15. Apr. · meistSchulferienVollFrüh buchen

  American spring break puts the whole southern Utah circuit under pressure while the rim is still icy underfoot; the park is busy and the trails are not yet all open. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Wall Street closed for winter (1. Nov. – 10. Apr. (meist)), Winter spur road closures (15. Nov. – 1. Apr. (meist))

Viel los – Spring break on the Mighty Five

• Eröffnung

  Park shuttle season

  3. Apr. – 18. Okt. · meistSommersaison beginnt

  The free shuttle runs from early April to mid-October and is optional here, unlike at Zion. Using it is still the difference between parking at Sunset Point and not. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Spring break on the Mighty Five (10. März – 15. Apr. (meist)), Wall Street closed for winter (1. Nov. – 10. Apr. (meist)), Winter spur road closures (15. Nov. – 1. Apr. (meist))

Viel los – Memorial Day weekend

• Natur

  Milky Way season

  1. Mai – 30. Sep. · meistSternenhimmel-Saison

  Some of the darkest skies left in the country, and the galactic core is up after dark from late spring. Rangers run night programmes most weeks; the moon phase matters more than the month. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Memorial Day weekend

  23.–25. MaiNationalfeiertagVollFrüh buchen

  Memorial Day, the last Monday of May, opens the summer travel season: over the long weekend campsites and lodging book out, roads are slow, and parking at the most popular spots fills early in the day. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Park shuttle season (3. Apr. – 18. Okt. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Summer peak, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Saison

  Summer peak

  1. Juni – 31. Aug.SchulferienVollFrüh buchen

  The park is small and the amphitheatre viewpoints are its whole draw, so summer concentrates everyone into a few hundred metres of rim. Sunrise at Bryce Point is a crowd scene by six. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Astronomy Festival

  8.–16. Juni · meistGroßes Festival

  Three nights of telescopes on the rim around the new moon in June, run by the park's astronomy rangers. At 2,500 metres with no town for fifty miles, this is among the darkest sky in the country. Quelle ↗

• Natur

  Plateau wildflowers

  15. Juni – 15. Aug. · meistWildblumen & Blüte

  The meadows along the Rim Trail and out towards Rainbow Point flower through the short high-plateau summer, later than anything at Zion's elevation an hour away. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Park shuttle season (3. Apr. – 18. Okt. (meist)), Milky Way season (1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Summer peak, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Risiko

  Monsoon afternoon storms

  10. Juli – 10. Sep. · meistSturmsaison

  Thunderstorms build over the plateau most summer afternoons and the rim is the highest thing for miles. Rangers clear the viewpoints when it closes in, so walk early. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Geology Festival

  14.–20. Juli · meistGroßes Festival

  Two days of ranger-led geology walks, bus tours and talks in mid-July, the one weekend when the hoodoos come with an explanation rather than just a viewpoint. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Park shuttle season (3. Apr. – 18. Okt. (meist)), Milky Way season (1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)), Summer peak (1. Juni – 31. Aug.), Plateau wildflowers (15. Juni – 15. Aug. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Summer peak, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Feiertag

  Labor Day weekend

  5.–7. Sep.NationalfeiertagVollFrüh buchen

  Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Park shuttle season (3. Apr. – 18. Okt. (meist)), Milky Way season (1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)), Summer peak (1. Juni – 31. Aug.), Plateau wildflowers (15. Juni – 15. Aug. (meist)), Monsoon afternoon storms (10. Juli – 10. Sep. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Labor Day weekend, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Natur

  Aspens on the plateau

  20. Sep. – 15. Okt. · meistHerbstfärbung

  The aspen stands along the rim road and up at Rainbow Point turn while the hoodoos are still snow-free — the short window when the park is both empty and colourful. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Park shuttle season (3. Apr. – 18. Okt. (meist)), Milky Way season (1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)), Monsoon afternoon storms (10. Juli – 10. Sep. (meist)), Labor Day weekend (5.–7. Sep.)

Zwischensaison – ein gewöhnlicher Monat

Im Oktober beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Park shuttle season (3. Apr. – 18. Okt. (meist)), Aspens on the plateau (20. Sep. – 15. Okt. (meist))

Viel los – Thanksgiving break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Schließung

  Wall Street closed for winter

  1. Nov. – 10. Apr. · meist

  The switchbacks down Wall Street shut once ice and rockfall set in, so the Navajo Loop runs one way only until spring. Traction devices are the difference between walking the rim and sliding off it. Quelle ↗

• Schließung

  Winter spur road closures

  15. Nov. – 1. Apr. · meist

  The short roads to Fairyland Point and Paria View shut to cars for the whole winter, and the main scenic drive closes above mile three for a day or so after each storm while the ploughs work up it. Quelle ↗

Viel los – Winter / Christmas break in Vereinigte Staaten, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im Dezember beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Wall Street closed for winter (1. Nov. – 10. Apr. (meist)), Winter spur road closures (15. Nov. – 1. Apr. (meist))