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This classic Utah hiking tour has little bit of everything! Towering cliffs, sparkling waterfalls, deep & narrow canyons, slickrock expanses and unimaginable views await the hiker that visits Southern Utah. Our Best of Canyon Country Lodge-Based Hiking Tour will take you to a number of the greatest destinations in the Southwest including Zion & Bryce National Parks, as well as the lesser known Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, home to incredible slot canyons, natural arches and innumerable ancient ruins. Spend your days exploring these outstanding destinations with a small day pack and relax each evening in a comfortable lodge, enjoying meals in nearby restaurants. Enjoy one day in Zion exploring it’s towering heights and narrow canyons. Next, it’s off to Bryce Canyon for a hike through its unearthly landscape of hoodoos and rock towers. We top it all off with a few days exploring the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, with its incredible diversity of slot canyons, slickrock, arches and rich ancient human history.
Type: Lodge-Based Hiking
Days: 5 Days
Distance: 30 to 40 miles
Difficulty: Intermediate
Origin: St. George, UT
Price:
$3,175/person
(plus Utah sales tax, 6.5%)
Single Supplement:
$700
Meet your guide for breakfast and a brief orientation at 6am. Depart St. George for the 1 hour drive to Zion National Park. Our first hike in Zion offers us the opportunity to hike up the canyon’s towering walls to Scout Lookout, offering incredible views high above the canyon floor. After lofty views in the morning, we will spend the afternoon exploring the canyon from below and enjoying a hike to the famed and beautiful Emerald Pools.
Drive Time: 1 hour
Distance & Elevation: ~7 miles, 2000 foot ascent/descent
Lunch
Next it’s off to Bryce Canyon. Today we explore along and beneath the rim of Bryce Canyon. The Fairyland Loop offers all that Bryce is famous for: unique rock towers (hoodoos), natural arches and windows and spectacular views. And it’s also less crowded than some of the other trails in the park. You’ll enjoy the fascinating features like the Chinese Wall, Boat Mesa and Tower Bridge. There are plentiful ups and downs along the way making this a moderately strenuous hike but the rewards are plentiful! After our hike, we will transfer to our lodge in the town of Escalante for showers before heading out for dinner at a local restaurant.
Drive Time: 2.5 hours
Distance & Elevation: 8 miles, 2300 foot descent/ascent
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Slot Canyons!!! Perhaps you’ve seen them in pictures but to walk through these spectacular, narrow canyons is an experience you won’t soon forget. Beautifully carved by endless centuries of rushing water, these sandstone canyons are a photographers dream. You’ve got to see it to believe it! A visit to Devil’s Garden with its unique rock formations will round out another fabulous day in Canyon Country.
Drive Time: 1.5 hours
Distance & Elevation: 6 to 8 miles, minimal elevation
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Today is all about waterfalls! Calf Creek is a gorgeous canyon with lush vegetation, cool, clear water and the idyllic Lower Calf Creek Falls. Enjoy a dip in the creek while your guide prepares a tasty lunch beneath the shady cottonwoods. If time allows, there is an opportunity to visit Upper Calf Creek Falls, an equally breathtaking oasis.
Drive Time: 1 hour
Distance & Elevation: 6 to 8 miles, 400 foot ascent/descent
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
On our final day, we will pack up and head back towards St. George. We will travel into a hidden garden of slickrock and hoodoos, outstanding natural features creating a maze of sandstone formations awaiting your contemplation. Soak it all in before the drive back to St. George.
Drive Time: 4 hours
Distance & Elevation: 3 to 5 miles, 500 foot ascent/descent
Breakfast, Lunch
*Upon booking you will receive a detailed trip information packet
Most trips in Utah will accommodate 6 people plus one guide. On occasion, a group may be as large as 9 people plus 2 guides.
Children under the age of 12 are generally not permitted on regularly scheduled trips. This restriction may be negotiable on private tours. Please contact us with any questions regarding this policy.
In order to confirm a reservation, we require an initial deposit of $250 per person, with the final balance due 90 days prior to the trip’s departure. If you book a trip within 90 days of the trip’s scheduled departure, then full payment is due at the time of booking.
Once we confirm availability, you will be provided with an online registration link. Your deposit is payable online by Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, or ACH transfer.
This trip will begin/end in St. George, UT and you will need to spend the night prior to your trip’s scheduled departure in St. George. You will want to fly into either Las Vegas (2 hour drive) or St. George.
We will meet for at 6:00am the morning of your trip’s departure at the Best Western Abbey Inn in St. George. It is best to plan on staying at this hotel the evening prior to your trip’s departure.
We will provide all transportation to/from trailheads for the duration of the trip. We will pick you up at your hotel in St. George and return you there at the trip’s conclusion. Guests staying at the Best Western Abbey Inn (recommended) can leave their cars at the hotel. The hotel will often store your luggage for you, as well, but please confirm this option in advance. If you are staying at a different hotel, you will need to check with them as to whether you can leave your car/luggage there.
Expect to be back in St. George by 5pm at the latest on the last day of the trip. Many trips will return earlier but we cannot make any guarantees. In general, it is recommended that you do not plan to fly home on the same day your trip finishes. Since each trip has slightly different logistics, feel free to contact us with specific questions related to the expected return time for your trip.
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David S.
“This trip was everything we expected and more! Our guide Owen was extremely capable and knowledgeable educating us in the geology, history, plant and animal life, and more. All of the meals and accommodations were as good or better than expected.
One word of advice to potential hikers- take the training guidelines supplied by Four Seasons Guides seriously! The hiking is strenuous! Meeting the provided guidelines ensures you are able to fully enjoy all of the beauty found in the parks along with the company of your guide and fellow hikers.”
David S.
“We loved every minute of our second trip with Four Season Guides (Best of Canyon Country Lodge-Based Tour). The service was exceptional and our guide Karne was amazing. We had a lot of fun and saw beautiful places in Canyon Country. We cannot wait to book another trip with Four Season Guides.”
“I did the Best of Canyon Country trip in Utah and it was an absolute blast. The trip was incredibly well planned and executed, our guide gave us options of different hikes each day and shared his vast experience of what would be a good fit for us (along with prioritizing safety due to weather conditions), and the places we went to were stunning beyond belief. Highly recommend doing trips with them!!”
“Just got back from our first trip with FSG and it definitely won't be the last! We booked this as a means to cross an item off the bucket list (hiking in Utah), and boy was it the best thing we could have done. The experience itself was like nothing I could have imagined. Our guide, Scott, was truly top notch. He's so incredibly knowledgeable about all things Southwest, from history and ecology, to hidden trails and food :) He really made an effort to get to know us all and come up with hikes that worked for everyone, and conversations that left us both enlightened and entertained.
The hikes themselves were amazing - some had to be changed due to weather but it was hardly even noticeable since Scott picked such amazing alternatives. He also did a great job gauging everyone's hiking abilities so that nothing was too difficult for anyone in the group.
We're already talking about which trip we want to do next, and definitely want to do it with Scott and FSG!”
Price: 
$3,175/person
(plus Utah sales tax, 6.5%)
Single Supplement: $700
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