Home | Categories | National Parks | Hotels | Site Map | Photographs | QTVR | Whats New? | More... Slot Canyons Index | Introduction | Canyons Map | Photographs | Links | Notes | Disclaimer | Books North Lake Powell Slot Canyon Locations Capitol Reef Death Valley Escalante River Grand Canyon North Lake Powell Other Locations Page Paria River San Rafael Swell Sedona Zion National Park Slot Canyons Site Map Site Search Enter your search terms this site all the web Submit search form Slot canyons around the northern part of Lake Powell, including tributaries of Trachyte Creek, North Wash and White Canyon. 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' Trachyte Creek Most of the land around the north of Lake Powell is exposed rock - countless square miles of multicolored sandstone and limestone strata, heavily eroded into many different forms. Many branched canyons cut deep into the layered rocks and join the lake or the Colorado River upstream, and apart from White Canyon, south of Hite, none are well known. UT 95 is the main highway through this region, though UT 276 also provides some access and besides these two, several unpaved tracks lead into wilderness areas either side of the river to the northeast - towards Dark Canyon Primitive Area and Canyonlands National Park, but even so quite lengthy hiking is needed to reach many locations. UT 95 is a very scenic road, particularly the stretches either side of Lake Powell. The approach from the south is through White Canyon, a wide valley enclosed by high cliffs with a narrow gorge running along the middle of the main canyon. This is most famous because of the 'Black Hole', a permanently flooded, cave-like section that can only be explored by swimming or floating. Various extended, branched tributaries join from the east side of White Canyon, which is over 30 miles long; all are narrow in places with watery potholes and dryfalls. Upstream of Hite, other large tributaries join the Colorado from the south including Dark, Bowdie and Gypsum canyons but these are generally wide, cutting through many different strata with cliffs and plateaux, like branches of the Grand Canyon. The northwest side of the lake offers even more canyons to explore, principally the Dirty Devil River, North Wash and Trachyte Creek, all of which flow through wild, remote country and have numerous narrow branches. Doubtless there are slot canyons here still to be discovered. Related Sections Dark Canyon - vast wilderness area between Lake Powell and Canyonlands National Park Glen Canyon National Recreation Area - general information Flooded channel in lower Fry Canyon Tributary of North Wash Back to Top Arizona | California | Colorado | Nevada | New Mexico | Texas | Utah | Wyoming | Slot Canyons | Travelogue | SOUTHWEST

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