National Park Service The Hoodoo U.S. Department of the Interior Bryce Canyon Map & Hiking Guide Fall-Winter-Spring 2009–2010 Questions? Bring this newspaper to the Visitor Center! What’s Inside EMERGENCY INFORMATION PAGE 2 Accessibility . 2 Backpacking . 5 Geology . .3 Hiking Map . 5 Information & Services . 2 Natural History Association . 7 Visitor Center Hours Nearby Attractions . 8 Park Map . 4 October 4 – October 31, 2009 Prescribed Fire . 6 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. Ranger Programs . 3 Safety . 2 November 1, 2009 – April 3, 2010 Trail Guide . 5 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Volunteers, Partners & Donors . 7 Weather . 6 April 4 - May 8, 2010 Wildlife . 6 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. Kevin Doxstater Emergencies Call 911 or 435-676-2411 National Park Service Death at U.S. Department of the Interior Bryce Canyon 24–hours a day or contact a Park Ranger Park Headquarters Mailing Address Web How many people die at Bryce? Fortunately, Bryce averages less than 1 435 834-5322 PO Box 640201 Website: www.nps.gov/brca fatality per year. In order of decreasing Fax 435 834-4703 Bryce, Utah 84764-0201 abundance fatalities are caused by: Twitter: brycecanyonNPS •Heart attacks Lost & Found: 435 834-4736 •Falling off cliffs •Lightning •Vehicle accidents Travelers Information Station: Tune radio to 1590 AM for park information Unfortunately, hundreds of serious injuries have also needlessly occurred, some out of ignorance, but too many Information and Services from ignoring park safety warnings. Park Roads Entrance Fees Lodging Top 10 Causes of Bryce Injuries The main park road is open year-round S Private Vehicle: $25 per vehicle, Bryce Canyon Lodge: Open #10 Unsafe Driving but may be temporarily closed immediately good for 7 days at Bryce Canyon only. April 1 – November 1, has cabins, motel •Speeding (speed limits are 35 – 45 mph). •Failure to wear seat belts. following a heavy snowfall. The Fairyland Individual: $12 per person (pedestrian, rooms and suites, a restaurant, and gift shop. •Passing on a double yellow line. Point and Paria View spur roads are bicycle, motorcycle, and organized group), For lodging reservations call 888 297-2757, or •Auto vs animal. Watch for Wildlife! intentionally NOT plowed in the winter to good for 7 days at Bryce Canyon only. visit www.brycecanyonlodge.com. •Rear-ending. Stop in pullouts, never in road. provide a surface for cross-country skiers. Interagency Annual Pass: $80, good for •Not reducing speed while on snow or ice. one year from date of purchase in all federal Other Lodging: Available near the park Visitor Center #9 Climbing / Skiing off the Rim fee areas. entrance and in Tropic, Cannonville, Bryce Open daily except Thanksgiving Bryce’s rock forms crumbly cliffs and Junction, and Panguitch. (November 26) and Christmas (December 25) Interagency Senior Pass: $10 lifetime pass steep muddy slopes. Hand and toe holds for U.S. residents 62 or older. support nothing heavier than chipmunks. from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with extended Food Services Skiing the slopes triggers the lethal hours during the spring, summer and fall. Interagency Access Pass: Free lifetime Bryce Canyon Lodge: Open April 1 – combination of mud / snow avalanches. Information, museum, publications, an pass for U.S. citizens who are permanently November 1. Dining room serves breakfast, disabled. #8 Feeding Animals award-winning film, backcountry permits, lunch, and dinner. Dinner reservations are Fed animals become aggressive. Even and lost-and-found services are available here. Commercial Tours: Ask for rates. required; call 435 834-8760. The General small animals can inflict bites requiring Store, open mid April – mid October, has Emergencies stitches and worse yet, transmit disease. Camping groceries, quick meals, and camping supplies. 24-hour emergency response, call 911 or 435 Watch wildlife from a distance and North Campground: Open all Other Food Services: Restaurants are 676-2411. Garfield Hospital, 435 676-8811, discourage animals that approach you. year, 101 campsites (only one loop open in available near the park entrance and in and Clinic, 435 676-8842 are in Panguitch. Winter). Available first-come, first-served #7 Ignoring Extreme Weather Tropic, Bryce Junction, and Panguitch. At Bryce it is possible for the difference Oct 1 – May 6. RV sites may be reserved Accessibilty May 7 – Sept 26 by calling 877 444-6777 or between the daily high and low to be as Post Office / ATM/ Internet Restrooms, the Visitor Center, Bryce www.recreation.gov. Reservations can be much as 50°F (27°C)! Lightning is a year- Ruby’s Inn has a post office open round danger -- even during snowstorms! Canyon Lodge and General Store (open made up to 240 days in advance. Mon – Sat (Bryce Canyon City, UT 84764), Seek the shelter of a building or your April – October) are fully accessible. The Sunset Campground: Open late spring an ATM, and internet services. Personal vehicle whenever the “flash-bang ½-mile section of Rim Trail between Sunset to early fall, 102 campsites. 20 tent sites are mail addressed to park visitors will not be interval” (time between lightning and and Sunrise points is paved and level. available for reservation up to 6 months in thunder) is less than 30 seconds. accepted at Bryce Canyon National Park. Inquire at the Visitor Center for information advance, all others first-come, first served. #6 Dehydration on accessible ranger-led programs, and to Fees: Camping is $15 a night per campsite Religious Services Drink 1 quart / liter every 2-3 hours. A obtain an Access Guide. (half price for Senior / Access Pass holders). hydrated body retains heat better and is Available in the park during summer Group Campsite: One site available by months and outside the park year-round. For more resistant to the deleterious effects Restrooms of hypothermia. Sunburns also lead to reservation only, late spring to early fall. information, inquire at the Visitor Center. Available year-round at the Visitor dehyrdation. Wear a hat, sunscreen, Group size is limited to 7-30 people and Center, North Campground, and Sunset, and sunglasses to protect from the sun 8 vehicles. Cost is $55-$100 per night, Bicycles Farview, and Rainbow Points. Restrooms overhead and the reflected UV light from dependent upon group size. Campsite may Bicycles are restricted to paved snow below. are also available April – October at Bryce be reserved by calling 877 444-6777 or roadways in the park and are prohibited on Canyon Lodge, General Store, and Sunset visiting www.recreation.gov. #5 Leaving the Trail all trails, including the paved section of Rim Stay on designated trails and away from Campground. Dump Station: No hookups are available Trail from Sunrise Point to Sunset Point. The cliff edges where snow cornices form. in the park, but a fee-for-use dump nearby Dixie National Forest has a paved 5- Phones Even on seemingly gentle slopes, it can station is available seasonally near North mile bicycle path through Red Canyon, and be impossible to keep your footing. Trails Available year-round at the Visitor Campground. Year-round dump stations are many miles of challenging and spectacular can be especially difficult to follow while Center and General Store. Phones are also available outside the park. mountain bike trails. Contact Dixie National under snow. Bring the maps on page 4 available April – October at Bryce Canyon Forest, 435 676-9300, www.fs.fed.us/r4/ Other Campgrounds: For camping and 5 to avoid getting lost. Lodge and Sunset Campground. dixie; or Garfield County Travel Council, reservations at Zion and Grand Canyon 800 444-6689, www.brycecanyoncountry. #4 Over-exertion National Parks, call 800 444-6777 or visit Pets com; Grand Staircase-Escalante National Park elevations reach 9115 feet www.recreation.gov. Public campgrounds Monument has countless miles of dirt roads (2778 m) subjecting you to 70% of the Pets are not recommended in the park. are available on US Forest Service, BLM, suitable for mountain biking, www.ut.blm. oxygen you might be used to. Bryce’s If you must bring your pet, be aware that it and Utah State Park lands nearby. Private gov/monument. trails start at the top which means all must be on a leash, under control at all times, campgrounds with showers and hookups are returns will be uphill. Turn back BEFORE and you are responsible for cleaning up after available outside the park. you become tired. Know and respect your your pet. Pets are not permitted in buildings, Picnic Areas own physical limitations. at park viewpoints, or on trails. Showers & Laundry Picnic areas are available year-round at Sunset Point, the General Store, Rainbow #3, #2, & #1 Bad Choice of Footwear Coin-operated shower and laundry Wear hiking boots with good ankle Horseback Riding facilities are available at the General Store, Point, and from April – October at the south support and “lug” traction. Hiking Wranglers lead 2-hour and 4-hour horse open mid April – mid October, and outside end of North Campground and Mile 4.5 of the park road. Water faucets are available without hiking boots is like SCUBA diving and mule rides April – October. For same-day the park at some nearby establishments. without an air tank. Sport-sandals & reservations, inquire at Bryce Canyon Lodge seasonally at all of the above locations except Mile 4.5 and Rainbow Point. Fire grates are “trainers,” are NOT safe hiking footwear. or call 435 834-5500. For advance reservations, Recycling available only at the North Campground When trails are snow-packed or icy, contact: Canyon Trail Rides, P.O. Box 128, Bins are located at North Campground hiking poles and under-boot traction and Sunset Point (glass, bi-metal cans, Picnic Area.