Panguitch: Bryce, Wall Street Hike

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11 of 22 – 2024 Fall Trip West Series. 9/28/24 Saturday. Deanne and I got up early and drove back to Bryce Canyon to hike “Wall Street”. The trail is 3.2 miles long. The descending Wall Street portion is part of the Navaho Loop Trail and the ascending portion is called Queen’s Garden.

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Wall Street starts down from Sunrise Point Overlook.
All pics of this hike are from our iPhones. I figured I could get down the trail but getting back up to the rim would be challenge enough without lugging the big camera.
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The view from Sunrise Point.
Deanne took this picture of me the day before when we checked out the top of Wall Street and decided to come back to hike it.
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Starting the Wall Street hike, looking down the switchback trail.

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Deanne heading down the trail. Me with Nathan’s borrowed hiking poles. They helped a lot.

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Nearing the end of the initial switchbacks there is a narrow opening into a deep slot canyon.
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Turning around and looking back up the canyon from the slot.
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First sight of the Douglas Fir trees growing tall in the narrow canyon.
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Taking a break on the way back up the Queen’s Garden trail. It was starting to get pretty warm and I was getting pretty worn out but the views down in the canyon were beautiful and I was determined to finish this.
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View looking out and up from where we were resting.
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Beautiful wildness.

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The trail was similar to this much of the way
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Deanne got to the top first.
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All smiles, not even tired.
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We did it! That completes the Wall Street hike. After taking a break at the park store we gingerly levered ourselves back into the car for the drive back to Panguitch. We stopped for a few pictures of Red Canyon on the way back.
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The red rocks of Red Canyon. Trivia: Near this location is The Butch Cassidy Draw, a trail used by none other than famous outlaw Butch Cassidy (real name Robert Leroy Parker). Much of the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was filmed here in Red Canyon. On our way to Panguitch we had driven past the childhood home of Butch Cassidy which is alongside Highway 89. We didn’t stop then but after we learned of his childhood in the area I wish we had.
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