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Panguitch is a small city with less than 1,800 people in southwestern Utah located near Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks. Panguitch is a Paiute word meaning “big fish” because of the local trout. Our main reason for staying here was to see Bryce Canyon.
Last Updated: July 31, 2026
Seeing a national park under fresh snow has always been one of those experiences we have chased from a distance — stunning in photographs, rarely practical when you are traveling in a 40,000-pound motorhome. Snow and big rigs don’t mix well without chains or a dumped tag axle, and we have learned over the years that the best approach is simply to stay put and let the Jeep do the work. After the snowfall that hit us in Kanab in January 2021, we did exactly that — loaded Jake into the Jeep and drove an hour north to Bryce Canyon National Park to see whether the hoodoos looked as extraordinary under snow as we had always imagined. They did.
Last Updated: May 24, 2026
We were looking forward to returning to Bryce Canyon National Park for its collection of natural amphitheaters filled with orange, red, and white hoodoos. We had come less than an hour’s drive from Escalante, and nearby was Kodachrome Basin State Park.
