Dry Fork of Coyote Gulch
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- Distance: 3.5-mile loop
- Duration: 5 hours
- Elevation change: 300 feet
- Effort: moderate
- Trailhead: Dry Fork of Coyote Gulch
- Directions: From Highway 12, turn south on Hole-in-the-Rock Road for 26 miles. Turn left at the sign for Dry Fork and continue 1.7 miles along a rutted dirt road to the trailhead.
Twenty-six miles south on the Hole-in-the-Rock Road is a series of narrow, scenic, and exciting-to-explore slot canyons reached by a moderate day hike. The canyons feed into the Dry Fork of Coyote Gulch, reached from the Dry Fork trailhead. These three enchanting canyons are named Peek-a-boo, Spooky, and Brimstone.
Exploring these slot canyons requires basic canyoneering or scrambling skills. From the trailhead parking lot, follow cairns down into the sandy bottom of Dry Fork Coyote Gulch. The slot canyons all enter the gulch from the north; watch for cairns and trails because the openings can be difficult to notice.
The slots sometimes contain deep pools of water; chokestones and pour-offs can make access difficult. No loop trail links the three slot canyons; follow each until the canyon becomes to narrow to continue, then come back out. To make a full circuit of these canyons requires about 3.5 miles of hiking.
© W.C. McRae and Judy Jewell from Moon Utah, 8th Edition
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