点评:Hickman Bridge is a fantastic trail and was the highlight of our visit to Capital Reef National Park! The trail is very well maintained and well marked in most places and you’ll be surrounded by some pretty awesome rock formations and geological wonders all along the hike that make Utah so special!
AllTrails puts the trail at 1.7 miles long with 415+ feet elevation gain. But we did some exploring along some of the many offshoots and ended up doing about 2.5 miles with 500 feet elevation gain. The elevation gain is gradual and very doable so I’d call this trail moderate. Took us just under 2 hours but we were slow and goofing around a lot lol.
Hickman Bridge is the main natural wonder along the trail - it’s a huge natural bridge - one of the largest in the whole park - rising 125 feet tall and spanning 133 feet of dry wash bed. Definitely quite a sight to see and well worth the hike - I highly recommend it!
The Hickman Bridge is definitely not the only wonder and fun feature along the trail. If you keep your eye out, you’ll see a little area off to the right about halfway in that leads to a smaller natural bridge called Nels Johnson bridge and it’s really cool! It’s got two openings and it’s still large enough for me to stand in and I’m 5’3” but my son had to slouch and he’s almost 6’ so watch your head if you’re tall lol!
Apparently there are also some granary ruins and petroglyphs along the trail, left by the ancient Fremont and Paiute peoples, but unfortunately we didn’t find any of them and I wasn’t aware until after - so keep an eye out for those too!
After you leave the Hickman Bridge loop, just before returning to the main trail - keep an eye out for a little trail offshoot - it’ll take you just over 1/4 of a mile and you’ll be treated to some pretty incredible wide open vistas of a gorgeous, verdant valley with a river running through it - so beautiful!!
The lovely Fremont River runs along the first part of the trail. All along the hike you’ll be treated to really interesting and beautiful rock formations, plateaus, geological wonders, and wildlife - we saw tons of birds and even a Kangaroo Rat!!
There’s a parking lot at the trailhead, as well as street parking and some decent bathrooms. It’s a popular trail deeper into the park that gets pretty crowded - but definitely worth it and the trail is wide enough to pass easily most of the way.
翻译:希克曼桥是一条很棒的步道,是我们参观首都礁国家公园的亮点!这条步道在大多数地方都维护得很好,标记也很清楚,沿着徒步旅行,你会被一些非常棒的岩层和地质奇观所包围,这让犹他州如此特别!
AllTrails 的步道长 1.7 英里,海拔高度增加 415 英尺以上。但我们沿着众多分支中的一些进行了一些探索,最终完成了约 2.5 英里的路程,海拔增加了 500 英尺。海拔的增加是渐进的,而且非常可行,所以我认为这条路线是中等的。我们花了不到两个小时,但我们很慢而且闲逛了很多哈哈。
希克曼桥 (Hickman Bridge) 是步道沿线的主要自然奇观,它是一座巨大的天然桥,是整个公园最大的桥之一,高 125 英尺,横跨 133 英尺的干洗床。绝对是一个值得一看的景点,非常值得徒步 - 我强烈推荐它!
希克曼桥绝对不是这条小道上唯一的奇观和有趣的景点。如果您留心观察,您会看到右侧大约中间有一个小区域,通向一座较小的天然桥,称为内尔斯约翰逊桥,它真的很酷!它有两个开口,仍然足够我站立,我身高 5 英尺 3 英寸,但我儿子不得不弯腰驼背,他几乎 6 英尺,所以如果你很高,请小心你的头,哈哈!
显然,沿途还有一些粮仓遗址和岩画,是古代弗里蒙特人和派尤特人留下的,但不幸的是我们没有找到任何一个,直到事后我才意识到 - 所以也要留意那些!
离开希克曼桥环路后,就在返回主路之前 - 请留意一条小路支路 - 它只会带您超过 1/4 英里,您会看到一些非常宽阔的路一个美丽、青翠的山谷的开阔景色,有一条河流穿过它——太美丽了!
美丽的弗里蒙特河沿着步道的第一部分流过。整个徒步旅行中,您都会看到非常有趣和美丽的岩层、高原、地质奇观和野生动物 - 我们看到了大量的鸟类,甚至还有袋鼠!
步道起点有一个停车场,还有路边停车场和一些像样的浴室。这是一条深入公园的热门步道,非常拥挤 - 但绝对值得,而且步道足够宽,可以轻松通过大部分路程。