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Difficulty | Hard (requires a few challenging scrambles)įind this hike on Dry Fork Narrows, Peekaboo and Spooky Slot Canyons.

Hiking distance | 4.2 miles (+1 mile including Dry Fork Narrows).

You’ll find it down the canyon from the other two slots, and from what I’ve read, it can be a little more difficult to negotiate, and occasionally has some pools of standing water in it.Peekaboo and Spooky Slot Canyons hike overview I didn’t have time to find it or explore it. TIP: There is a third slot canyon nearby, called Brimstone.

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I had hoped that allowing a full day for fun along Hole-In-The-Rock Road would be plenty, but now I know it wasn’t enough. Plus, I still had to hike back (uphill), drive another 26 miles on Hole-In-The-Rock Road, then another 60 miles on U-12 to get to my stopping-point for the night at Torrey. I figured there was no point of going further, just to run into a group of hikers headed the other way. They sounded very close, as if they were just around the next corner, and they were struggling to get through. Another reason: I could hear other voices in the canyon. For one reason, it was a lot of work, and I didn’t have enough time to properly enjoy it. I didn’t get very far into Peek-A-Boo, before giving up. It’s all been eroded into shapes that you’ve never seen before.Īnd if you look up, you’ll notice several natural arches. There are huge potholes to navigate, and you’ll have to squeeze through one tight spot after another.

Unlike Spooky, you won’t find a flat floor here.

Peek-A-Boo is a real treat, once you’ve gotten into it. Getting down is equally challenging - I had to lower my camera equipment to the ground, using my hiking stick and some carabiners. It’s not easy - and you might want to take your backpack off, and toss it up there ahead of you. Once you’re up there, you’ve got another six feet, give or take, to get up into the slot canyon. I’d estimate that’s as high as I am tall - about six feet. Notice the three rounded foot-holds, leading up to that first landing. This is what you’ll find: a tricky vertical climb, necessary to enter the slot.

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Watch for the crack in the rock, and head towards it. When you exit Spooky, go straight ahead, following a sandy footpath across the ‘island’ of plant life in the middle of the canyon floor. Then, climb down Peek-A-Boo, until you’re back in Dry Fork. Hike through Spooky until the exit, then follow the footprints in the sand to the top of Peek-A-Boo. TIP: You can make a loop out of Spooky and Peek-A-Boo. But, I had a limited amount of time, and wanted to explore Peek-A-Boo as well, so I turned around and headed back to the entrance. In fact, from what I’ve read, it gets much more narrow than this. Spooky’s floor eventually gets rocky, and the walls get tighter. … you’ll be passing between some beautifully sculpted walls.Īt first, Spooky Canyon is narrow enough to touch both walls at the same time, but it wasn’t tight enough to make me feel claustrophobic.ĭepending on the time of day, you’ll be treated to some gorgeous lighting on the canyon walls. The graffiti continued for a moment inside Spooky, but thankfully, the taggers didn’t go very far into the canyon. … thanks to a big rock pile at the entrance (and unfortunately, some spray-paint). Turn left, and you’ll be facing the entrance to Spooky Canyon. … until you reach the wide, flat bottom of the canyon. If you do everything right, you’ll reach the spot you see above - where the trail makes its final drop down into the Dry Fork canyon.Īt the bottom, the trail walks alongside this wall… On the way up, I got lost (along with several other people). … and I didn’t have any trouble following them on the way down. The hike starts with a quick descent down a hillside. That trail path is approximate, but I think you’ll get the idea. Here’s a Google satellite image, showing the lay of the land. So, to get to the slot canyons, you first must hike down to the bottom of Dry Fork. Both of these side-canyons drain into the Dry Fork of Coyote Gulch (which in turn, drains into the Escalante River, which drains into the Colorado). In order to get to Spooky and Peek-A-Boo Gulch slot canyons, you have to do a little hiking first.