Sydney Sweeney traded Hollywood for red-rock canyons this fall, sharing photos from a boating getaway to Lake Powell with boyfriend Scooter Braun and a group of friends.

The Euphoria star posted a carousel of 10 photos and nine videos to Instagram, captioning it, “when your man takes you to the moon🌒.” The couple, whom Braun has gushed about as “real and down to earth” since going public earlier this year, appeared together in a Polaroid snapshot of Braun wrapping his arms around Sweeney on the boat.

Sweeney, 29, kicked off the post in a red one-piece swimsuit that fans compared to Pamela Anderson‘s iconic Baywatch look. She also showed off her skills on the water, slaloming on a single water ski and wakeboarding solo — and with a friend riding on her back. Other snaps showed the group hiking and dancing among the canyons.

It isn’t Sweeney’s first time at the lake. She also visited Lake Powell in September 2025.

For Sweeney, who grew up at her family’s lake house in the Idaho panhandle and has said she once considered pursuing wakeboarding at the X Games, the trip was a return to familiar territory — albeit with far more dramatic scenery.

Lake Powell straddles the Arizona-Utah border inside Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Glen Canyon Dam flooded the canyon in 1963, creating the reservoir named for 19th-century explorer John Wesley Powell. Its winding, red-rock-walled waterways stretch across nearly 2,000 miles of shoreline.

One of Sweeney’s photos appeared to feature Rainbow Bridge National Monument, one of the world’s largest natural bridges, at more than 100 feet tall. The sandstone span, a sacred site for Native American tribes, is accessible by boat or via a challenging 17-mile hike that requires following Navajo Nation permit rules.

Most visitors take a guided boat tour from Wahweap Marina near Page, Arizona, which typically runs four to five hours round-trip.

Get on the water: Boating is the best way to see the lake. Visitors can rent a powerboat for the day, join a sunset or dinner cruise, or, for the full experience, rent a houseboat for a week and explore the lake’s side canyons.

Try wakeboarding: Antelope Point Marina has a dedicated wakeboarding park for those hoping to channel their inner Sweeney.

Explore nearby: Page, Arizona, is the gateway to the lake’s southern end and sits close to Horseshoe Bend, Antelope Canyon and the Glen Canyon Dam Overlook.

Time it right: Lake Powell Resorts & Marinas recommends visiting in spring (April to June) or fall (September to October), when temperatures are milder, and crowds are thinner. Summer is peak boating season but can be extremely hot, and houseboats should be reserved well in advance.

Pack for the backcountry: Cell service is limited across much of the lake, so download maps before you head out.

Sweeney, who is currently filming The Housemaid’s Secret, the prequel to her 2025 hit The Housemaid, has continued her travels with Braun since, sharing photos last week from a fall road trip to Sleepy Hollow, New York.

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Article by Erik Meers

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