Bryce Canyon closes part of Navajo Loop mornings for trail repairs
Bryce hikers heading for Wall Street now face a Monday-Thursday morning closure, with Two Bridges left open through the 2026 season.
Morning hikers heading for Bryce Amphitheater found a new constraint on Navajo Loop: the Wall Street side closed Monday through Thursday from 6 a.m. to noon, beginning June 15, for critical trail stabilization work. The restriction is set to continue through the 2026 season, so anyone chasing the trail’s most famous slot-and-switchback section has to plan around a midday opening or use the open Two Bridges side instead.
Bryce Canyon National Park’s own trail information makes the route choices clear. Navajo Loop begins and ends at Sunset Point, runs about 1.3 miles round trip, and gains roughly 515 feet. The park recommends hiking it counter-clockwise in summer, and the trailhead page notes that Wall Street is usually the preferred descent when it is open. With that section closed during the early part of the day, the practical move is to avoid showing up at the trailhead before noon if Wall Street is the goal.
The closure matters because Wall Street is the stretch most visitors picture when they think of Bryce, with tight hoodoos and steep switchbacks drawing photographers and first-timers alike. For families and day-trippers trying to fit Bryce into a single morning, the update changes not just the route but the clock. The Two Bridges side remains open, giving hikers a way onto the loop floor without waiting for the repair window to end.
The work also fits a longer pattern on this trail. Bryce dealt with a Wall Street-side rock slide in 2006, and park geologists have long pointed to frost wedging as the park’s main weathering force, with more than 200 freeze-thaw cycles each year. With 2,498,075 visits recorded in 2024 and a revised 2025 count that tracks unique shuttle passengers instead of repeated rides, Bryce has no shortage of traffic to absorb while crews stabilize one of its signature routes. Anyone heading out early should check the trail status before leaving and build the morning around the noon reopening, or plan on Two Bridges from the start.
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