Rim Trail (south section)
Rim Trail (south section) is a roughly 1-mile out-and-back foot trail in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. It climbs 719 ft to a high point of 8,321 ft. Difficulty: moderate, rated by the National Park Service. That is the full hike: the mapped trail line covers only 0.1 mi of it, so don't plan from the map line alone. The figure is for the Park Service's “The Rim Trail” hike, which uses this trail.
- 0.5 mione way
- 1 miround trip
- 0.1 mimapped segment only
- 719 ftelevation gain
- 8,321 fthigh point
- Moderatedifficulty
From the National Park Service
The Rim Trail · rated “Easy to Moderate”
Distance: 1.0 mile to 11.0 miles (1.6 km to 17.7 km) depending on how far you choose to walk.
Read the official NPS description
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