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Day 1

Arrival in St. George

5-6 miles, easy to moderate

Your guide(s) will meet you at the Inn on the Cliff at 8:00 a.m. in the lobby. Your guide(s) will be wearing a Country Walkers shirt. Please be dressed for walking.

Explore the Snow Canyon and Kolob Canyon Trail en route to Bryce Canyon National Park. Here, you walk the Fairyland Rim Trail, passing colorful hoodoos on your way to your lodge.

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Accommodation: Bryce Canyon Lodge, Bryce Canyon National Park

A National Historic Landmark, the renovated 1920s park lodge offers simple rooms, most with balconies, situated a few feet from the canyon rim at the heart of the national park.

Day 2

Bryce Point to Sunset Point

3-4 miles, moderate, 700-1,000-ft. elevation gain; 3 miles, easy to moderate, 500-ft. elevation gain; 1 mile, easy

Start today’s walk on the rim of the canyon, with views of Bryce Point, Bryce Amphitheater, and the Paria River Valley beyond. After lunch, follow the Queen’s Garden Loop and Navajo Loop from your lodge past Twin Bridges to the canyon floor and back.

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Accommodation: Bryce Canyon Lodge, Bryce Canyon National Park

A National Historic Landmark, the renovated 1920s park lodge offers simple rooms, most with balconies, situated a few feet from the canyon rim at the heart of the national park.

Day 3

Transfer to Zion National Park

2 miles, easy; 1 mile, moderate; 3 miles, easy to moderate

After an optional sunrise walk from Bryce Point to Sunset Point, you transfer to Zion National Park, stopping en route to hike the Canyon Overlook Trail. At Zion, hike the Emerald Pools Trail, passing a series of pools on your way to a scenic waterfall.

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Accommodation: Desert Pearl Inn, Springdale

Local stone, Douglas fir beams, and reclaimed redwood are architecturally designed to create a perfect setting at the gates of Zion National Park. The inn’s spacious and stylishly decorated rooms have balconies overlooking the Virgin River and surrounding cliffs. A swimming pool and hot tub are welcome at day’s end.

Day 4

Scout’s Lookout

4 miles, moderate to challenging, 1,300 ft. elevation gain; 1 mile, challenging with steep exposures

Set off on a winding trail through Refrigerator Canyon and the switchbacks of Walter’s Wiggles on your way to the spectacular Scout’s Lookout. Here, you’ll have the option to ascend the dramatic Angel’s Landing Trail before a picnic lunch beneath ponderosa pines. Dinner tonight is on your own.

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Accommodation: Desert Pearl Inn, Springdale

Day 5

Echo Canyon

5-6 miles, moderate to challenging, 1,000 ft. elevation gain; 2 miles, easy, or 5 miles, easy to moderate, water-level dependent

Today, choose from two walks: Echo Canyon, offering beautiful “hanging gardens” and views of Cable Mountain, or a stroll along the Virgin River and up the Narrows (depending on water levels). Tonight’s farewell dinner is at a local restaurant.

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Accommodation: Desert Pearl Inn, Springdale

Day 6

Red Cliffs archaeological site

2 miles, easy to moderate

Round out your adventure at the Red Cliffs archaeological site, where Ancestral Puebloans built settlements from 600 to 1200 AD. Then, enjoy lunch at an organic restaurant, followed by a complimentary transfer to the St. George Regional Airport or Inn on the Cliff.

2019 Dates

Per person, double occupancy

Single Supplement

Apr 28 - May 3

$3,498

$898

May 5 - May 10

$3,498

$898

Sep 22 - Sep 27

$3,498

$898

Oct 6 - Oct 11

$3,398

$898

Guides

Our guides' experience, dedication, and enthusiasm make them ideal ambassadors for your destination. They chart the course, finesse the details, and speak the language (English, as well as the local language). They also possess a truly rare skill, knowing when to let serendipity and inspiration take the lead.

Heather Harding

Heather Harding has been guiding for many years on both Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, where she lives, and in the canyons and plateaus of the Southwest, where she earned college degrees in biology and Southwest Studies. Heather brings a world-wide background of whale research and Waldorf teaching to her guiding. During the winters, Heather leads People to People tours in Cuba with her partner and frequent co-guide Eric Kessler.

Eric Kessler

One of our most veteran guides, Eric Kessler has guided for CW for over twenty years! As a wilderness traveler during his college years, he began his explorations of the Southwest and has been drawn to the region ever since. First running field studies programs in Utah’s National Parks, Eric has guided walking tours in the canyons for over 10 years. When not guiding, he pursues his parallel photography career documenting the planet’s native peoples and ecosystems and has a particular interest in the fragile and sometimes elusive presence of water in the desert areas he loves. Eric often guides with his partner and CW guide Heather Harding.