Pink Cliffs Overlook

The Pink Cliffs are the uppermost step of the Grand Staircase, the band of rock that includes the hoodoos of Bryce Canyon itself, and this overlook off Tropic Reservoir Road catches them from outside the park boundary in Dixie National Forest. A loop route through Mill Hollow gets you there, starting through an aspen grove before winding up the mountainside to the viewpoint, then dropping back down through Crawford Canyon to close the loop. Most of that distance runs on maintained fire road, with the final stretch to the overlook rockier and rutted in spots, especially after wet weather.

Good to know

• Reached from Tropic Reservoir Road, south of Bryce Canyon City
• A separate, more direct alternate route of roughly three miles also connects to the overlook
• This is national forest land, not park land — dogs and dispersed camping are generally allowed here, unlike inside Bryce Canyon proper
• High elevation forest road; snow and mud can close access outside summer and early fall