Utah Horseback

Bryce Canyon’s Ruby’s Inn provides some of the most scenic southern Utah horseback rides you will ever experience

If you want to enjoy one of the most scenic southern Utah horseback experiences, book a room at Ruby’s Inn near Bryce Canyon National Park and join a guided horse ride through the colorful rock formations of Red Canyon. Ruby’s Inn makes an ideal southern Utah adventure base camp. Located only minutes from Bryce Canyon, the hotel offers guests 368 spacious, clean rooms, an indoor pool and hot tub, a general store, two restaurants, and a full-service car care center. In addition to its guided horseback ride outfitter, the hotel is home to tour companies providing guided ATV excursions and scenic flights.

The Ruby’s Inn wranglers provide several different southern Utah horseback ride options, from a 1.5-hour ride to a full-day ride. Available from April to October, these horseback rides pass through territory where outlaws such as Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch once roamed. Your guide will recount cowboy stories as well as tell you about the area’s geology, history and wildlife. A horseback ride guided by a Ruby’s Inn wrangler will make you feel like you have traveled back to the Old West. It will be one of the highlights of your vacation.

When you are not enjoying one a southern Utah horseback adventure, take advantage of Bryce Canyon National Park’s scenery – a series of natural amphitheaters full of colorful rock pinnacles and spires in every shape and size. You can explore the park by traversing its 18-mile scenic drive and stopping at viewpoints along the way, strolling along the paved portion of the rim trail, or descending below the rim on one of its many hiking trails, which include the Navajo Trail, the Queen’s Garden Trail, the Peek-a-boo Loop Trail and the Fairyland Loop Trail. Whichever way you decide to see Bryce Canyon, whether on foot, in your car or on a horseback ride, you will make memories that will last a lifetime.