The hoodoo-haunted trails at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, offer some of the West's most memorable hiking experiences. But taking the path to Mossy Cave is a gem of special pleasure wrapped in the overall adventure.

Bryce boasts one of the Earth's most extraordinary landscapes. Its natural amphitheaters, along the eastern rim of the Paunsaugunt Plateau, are filled with tall pillars, pinnacles and spires that suggest an audience of supernatural beings. No wonder pioneers decided to call them "hoodoos," and the name stuck.