Saturday, September 30, 2017

Navajo Loop and Queen's Garden Trail

This spectacular trail is referred to as the best 3 mile hike in the world! I can totally agree with that! Starting at Sunset Point going down 700 ft along the Navajo trail takes you through numerous switchbacks amongst the hoodoos. At the canyon floor we doubled back on the Wall Street trail to go back up a mile or so to view the impressive alternate and narrower Wall Street canyon. Returning to the canyon floor we followed the trail through the Queen's Garden, did a short spur to visit Queen Victoria and then passed through numerous holes in the rocks to begin the ascent to Sunrise Point. This end of the trail is the most impressive as you are surrounded by all variety of rock formations and towering hoodoos. It took us best part of 3 hours as we stopped so much to take in the changing sights and to get our breath back at 7,500 ft altitude!