The Glen Canyon region, stretching 150 miles across southern Utah, is a land of outstanding scenery and excellent hiking opportunities. Hundreds of miles of trails and canyoneering routes lead to arches, natural bridges, lonely slickrock gorges, wooded mesas, and open desert valleys. This guidebook includes hikes in the newly-established Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. It focuses on many popular trails and routes and some lesser known ones in the Glen Canyon region. Hikes range from easy day trips to strenuous overnighters.