Home | Categories | National Parks | Hotels | Site Map | Photographs | QTVR | Whats New? | More... Slot Canyons Index | Introduction | Canyons Map | Photographs | Links | Notes | Disclaimer | Books Slot Canyons of the American Southwest Butler Canyon Milkweed Canyon Kanarra Creek Upper Chute Canyon Upper Kaibito Creek Latest addition: Fry Canyon (North Lake Powell) - update, with 7 new photographs. Next: Red Canyon (Zion NP). Capitol Reef NP | Death Valley NP | Escalante River | Grand Canyon | North Lake Powell Other Locations | Page | Paria River | San Rafael Swell | Sedona | Zion National Park Capitol Reef National Park Burro Wash - sandy streamway that becomes a watery slot canyon Cottonwood Wash - deep canyon with pools and dryfalls Five Mile Wash - another narrow passageway through the Waterpocket Fold Grand Wash - popular canyon with a short narrows section Death Valley National Park Fall Canyon - narrows and twisted rock strata Grey Wall Canyon - more Death Valley narrows Grotto Canyon - smooth, weathered passageways at the west side of the valley Red Wall Canyon - exotic wilderness gorge Stretched Pebble Canyon - steep ravine on the slopes of Tucki Mountain Escalante River Big Horn Canyon - colorful ravine in little-visited country Brimstone Gulch - possibly the darkest Southwest slot canyon Coyote Gulch, Dry Fork - lengthy streamway including various narrow passageways Davis Gulch - testing narrow canyon with a huge natural arch Egypt 3 - excellent narrows in three distinct sections Harris Wash - classic Navajo sandstone drainage with interesting side canyons Little Death Hollow - remote canyon with long, exciting, narrow passageways Llewellyn Gulch - another magnificent hidden canyon Neon Canyon - long slot ending at the 'Golden Cathedral' Peekaboo Gulch - pools, arches and other eroded features Red Breaks - secluded, rarely visited area Spooky Gulch - claustrophobic canyon with unusual rock textures Grand Canyon Cathedral Wash - short, curving, multi-layered side canyon Hindu Canyon - beautiful and very remote narrows on the Hualapai Reservation Jackass Creek - colorful, rugged tributary near Lees Ferry Milkweed Canyon - limestone narrows and a pink granite gorge Tanner Wash - long canyon with unusual passages through thin-layered sandstone North Lake Powell Butler Canyon - tight, challenging, branched slots Cheesebox Canyon - lengthy canyon leading deep into the wilderness Death Canyon - short slot near North Wash Fortknocker Canyon - rarely visited branch of White Canyon Fry Canyon - short White Canyon tributary with two flooded narrow sections Gravel Canyon - slots, pools, drop offs and long open sections Maidenwater Canyon - one of many branches of Trachyte Creek North Wash - wide drainage with 4 slot canyon tributaries Poison Spring Canyon - another big canyon with narrow tributaries Rock Canyon - good narrows in Cedar mesa sandstone Smith Fork - secret, branched slot near Bullfrog Marina Swett Creek - another remote Trachyte tributary White Canyon - well known gorge that includes the 'Black Hole' Other Locations Anza Borrego Desert State Park, California - desert badlands with a variety of short slot canyons Moonshine Wash, Utah - pretty narrows in the San Rafael Desert Professor Creek, Utah - pleasant canyon with a year-round stream Page Antelope Canyon - the most photographed slot canyon Blue Pool Wash - short narrows, north of Wahweap Butterfly Canyon - remote, little-visited gorge Starting Water Wash - another narrow Kaibito tributary Stateline Canyon - shallow but pretty slot Upper Kaibito Creek - deep, exciting, challenging canyon Upper Kaibito Creek, East Fork - beautiful tributary of Kaibito Creek Water Holes Canyon - pretty Navajo sandstone narrows; similar to Antelope Paria River Booker Canyon - short but pretty narrows deep in the wilderness - NEW Buckskin Gulch - longest slot canyon in the world Bull Valley Gorge - testing canyon containing muddy pools and deep narrows Cottonwood Wash - easy, popular narrow canyon Lick Wash - short narrows in a distant upper tributary of Buckskin Gulch Paria River - one of the two best extended canyon hikes in the Southwest Starlight Canyon - short slot section in a remote location Round Valley Draw - another deep, scenic Navajo sandstone canyon Willis Creek - a permanent stream flowing through some beautiful narrow sections Wire Pass - easily-explored tributary of Buckskin Gulch San Rafael Swell Baptist Draw/Upper Chute Canyon - superb slot canyons in the middle of the Swell Bell Canyon - short canyon with nicely eroded rocks Cistern and Ramp Canyons - a pair of deep, secluded ravines Crack Canyon - narrows and intricate rock formations Crawford Draw - watery canyon through fine stratified rock Devils Canyon - deep Coconino canyon with many narrow tributaries Ding and Dang Canyons - two short ravines through the San Rafael Reef Eardley Canyon - fantastic, hidden ravine; a narrow upper section that deepens considerably downstream Forgotten Canyon - short but intriguing ravine Iron Wash, North Fork - hard to reach slot Little Wild Horse Canyon - the most popular slot canyon in the Swell Muddy Creek - remote canyon with extensive Coconino narrows Sedona West Fork of Oak Creek - deep, forested canyon with nice rock formations Zion National Park Clear Creek - long valley with side canyons Echo Canyon - steep side ravine that becomes a narrow slot Hidden Canyon - cool, shady branch of Zion Canyon Kanarra Creek - colorful gorge with permanent stream Kolob Creek - deep, challenging, difficult to reach Virgin River tributary Mineral Gulch - just outside the park; narrow tributary to the east fork of the Virgin River Misery Canyon - technical slot, a Parunuweap side canyon North Creek, Left Fork - well-known canyon that includes 'The Subway' Orderville Canyon - long and very deep gorge joining the Zion Narrows Parunuweap Canyon - another deep watery narrow canyon Pine Creek - short, popular narrows requiring technical climbing Poverty Wash Red Hollow & Spring Hollow - 2 short slots near Orderville, east of Zion Sand Wash (Red Cave) - colorful slot with two long branches Spring Creek - long valley just north of the park Taylor Creek, Middle Fork - one of the finger canyons of the Kolob Zion Canyon - the most famous narrows in the Southwest Fall Canyon White Canyon Back to Top Arizona | California | Colorado | Nevada | New Mexico | Texas | Utah | Wyoming | Slot Canyons | Travelogue | SOUTHWEST

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