Hva som skjer i Bryce Canyon National Park, United States gjennom året

Travelt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Wall Street closed for winter (1. nov – 10. apr (vanligvis)), Winter spur road closures (15. nov – 1. apr (vanligvis))

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

• Festival

  Bryce Canyon Winter Festival

  12.–18. feb · vanligvisStor 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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Wall Street closed for winter (1. nov – 10. apr (vanligvis)), Winter spur road closures (15. nov – 1. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Spring break on the Mighty Five, Spring break i United States

• Helligdag

  Spring break on the Mighty Five

  10. mar – 15. apr · vanligvisSkoleferieMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Wall Street closed for winter (1. nov – 10. apr (vanligvis)), Winter spur road closures (15. nov – 1. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — Spring break on the Mighty Five

• Åpning

  Park shuttle season

  3. apr – 18. okt · vanligvisSommersesongen åpner

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Spring break on the Mighty Five (10. mar – 15. apr (vanligvis)), Wall Street closed for winter (1. nov – 10. apr (vanligvis)), Winter spur road closures (15. nov – 1. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — Memorial Day weekend

• Natur

  Milky Way season

  1. mai – 30. sep · vanligvisMørkhimmelsesong

  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. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Memorial Day weekend

  23.–25. maiNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Park shuttle season (3. apr – 18. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Summer peak, Summer break i United States

• Sesong

  Summer peak

  1. jun – 31. augSkoleferieMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Astronomy Festival

  8.–16. jun · vanligvisStor 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. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Plateau wildflowers

  15. jun – 15. aug · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Park shuttle season (3. apr – 18. okt (vanligvis)), Milky Way season (1. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Summer peak, Summer break i United States

• Fare

  Monsoon afternoon storms

  10. jul – 10. sep · vanligvisStormsesong

  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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Geology Festival

  14.–20. jul · vanligvisStor 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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Park shuttle season (3. apr – 18. okt (vanligvis)), Milky Way season (1. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis)), Summer peak (1. jun – 31. aug), Plateau wildflowers (15. jun – 15. aug (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Summer peak, Summer break i United States

• Helligdag

  Labor Day weekend

  5.–7. sepNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Park shuttle season (3. apr – 18. okt (vanligvis)), Milky Way season (1. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis)), Summer peak (1. jun – 31. aug), Plateau wildflowers (15. jun – 15. aug (vanligvis)), Monsoon afternoon storms (10. jul – 10. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Labor Day weekend, Summer break i United States

• Natur

  Aspens on the plateau

  20. sep – 15. okt · vanligvisHøstfarger

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Park shuttle season (3. apr – 18. okt (vanligvis)), Milky Way season (1. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis)), Monsoon afternoon storms (10. jul – 10. sep (vanligvis)), Labor Day weekend (5.–7. sep)

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Park shuttle season (3. apr – 18. okt (vanligvis)), Aspens on the plateau (20. sep – 15. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Thanksgiving break i United States

• Stengt

  Wall Street closed for winter

  1. nov – 10. apr · vanligvis

  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. Kilde ↗

• Stengt

  Winter spur road closures

  15. nov – 1. apr · vanligvis

  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. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Wall Street closed for winter (1. nov – 10. apr (vanligvis)), Winter spur road closures (15. nov – 1. apr (vanligvis))