Slot Canyons Near Kodachrome Basin

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Hotels near Willis Creek Slot Canyon; Hotels near Kodachrome Basin State Park; Hotels near BLM Visitor Center; Hotels near Round Valley Draw; Near Airports. Hotels near (LAS) McCarran Intl Airport; All things to do in Cannonville; Things to do near Willis Creek Slot Canyon. Canyon Trail Rides; Bryce Point; Peek-A-Boo Loop. Located along Hole in the Rock Road in Escalante Canyons country, Spooky and Peek A Boo Slot Canyons make a great half-day adventure. Start at the bottom of naturally sculpted Peek A Boo and climb up, passing under a few arches and over a few potholes (usually dry). From the top, follow the cairns over slickrock and sand to the entrance of Spooky. Camping near Kodachrome Basin The easiest and cheapest place to stay is typically in the Basic Land Management areas, or the Camping Areas near Kodachrome Basin. Most of these camping areas are very safe to stay in but make sure to keep your dogs on a leash as there are bobcats and coyotes in the area. Things to do near Kodachrome Basin. Visit Bryce Canyon National Park, a 30 minute drive away. If you have a full day in the park I highly recommend hiking the Fairyland Loop Trail. Drive the Burr Trail, one of the most scenic byways in Utah. It eventually takes you all the way yo Capitol Reef National Park but you don’t have to drive that far. Directions to Willis Creek Slot Canyon – Hike the Narrows – Trail Map updated: August 1, 2020 an easy, family friendly hike with a pretty set of narrows in the vicinity of Bryce Canyon National Park and Kodachrome Basin State Park, Utah Willis Creek Slot Canyon Trail Guide.

Many narrow canyons cut into the foothills of the Kaiparowits Plateau at the center of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, and two of the Paria River drainage system have become quite well known - Bull Valley Gorge and Round Valley Draw. Waters of the latter flow south into the larger, wider Hackberry Canyon which then joins Cottonwood Creek, and this in turn meets the main river, a couple of miles south of the site of the old town of Paria.
The canyon formed by Round Valley Draw has about a half mile of deep, cool narrows through the light-colored, narrow layered Navajo sandstone rocks typical of this region. There are a couple of dryfalls to overcome but no major obstacles and the most interesting section can be explored in just 2 hours.

Map

Topographic map of Round Valley Draw.

Location

The canyon is reached by Cottonwood Canyon Road - the useful shortcut between US 89/Lake Powell and Bryce Canyon National Park. From the north end it is a 14 mile drive south then east, past the turning to Kodachrome Basin State Park, up and over several steep ridges to the streamway, which crosses the road a few miles before the frequently visited landmark of Grosvenor Arch. A side track is signposted to Round Valley Draw - this follows the shallow valley south for 1.5 miles, near to where the canyon deepens. There is one difficult stream crossing early on, then a second soon before the start of the narrows, just before which is a good place for parking, although the road does continue - it runs in the creek bed for a while then up the far side, on to the Rush Beds plateau and Booker Canyon. Off road vehicles can drive further down the creek, right to where the deep part of Round Valley Draw begins. In the late 1990s the BLM installed a trail register nearby, and it shows that on average one or two groups visit the canyon every day during the summer months.

Photographs

8 views of Round Valley Draw.

Route Description

After a 20 minute walk downstream from the parking area, the canyon proper starts abruptly - the creek cuts into the top of the Navajo sandstone layer via a three-stage drop of 15 feet, descent of which may be aided by a tree stump wedged between the rocks. This is easy enough going down but moderately difficult to climb back up. Most of the gorge thereafter is often muddy although usually without any major pools; a few days after rainfall the deepest water that requires wading is typically just 1.5 feet. The early narrows are particularly pretty with lots of thin tilted strata eroded into curves and ridges, and plenty of places where the sun illuminates the passageways and reflects along the canyon walls.

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