On most Southern Utah bucket lists, you’ll find the local favorite one-two punch of Peek-a-Boo and Spooky Slot Canyons. These magnificent hikes, located in the Dry Fork area of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument area, can be done individually, but they make for a killer loop you can tackle in one afternoon of adventure. Once you’re in, all you have to do is walk through a scenic paradise of red and purple rock.
From the trailhead, get into Dry Fork Wash via moderate scrambling down some short cliffs and following cairns as needed. Once you’re off the cliff and into the sand dunes, you’ll hike along the creek wash until you see the mouth of Peek-a-Boo. There are hand and foot cut-outs in the rock to help you get up and into the canyon.
Once you leave Peek-a-Boo, keep hiking (longer than you think you should, most likely) until you come to a juniper tree, then follow the trail and cairns leading to the right and the entrance of Spooky Gulch. Scramble down a mellow rock face to get into the canyon. It soon tightens up, and you’ll be having a good time navigating the confines of this fun canyon. The loop generally takes about 3-4 hours depending on pace and skill level.

Peek-a-boo and Spooky are two of the premier slot canyons in the Escalante Canyons, and have become one of the most popular destinations in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. The crux move in Peek-a-boo is at the beginning, where you have to climb a 20’ pour-off using moqui steps (footholds chiseled into the rock). If the waterholes below ledges are wet or muddy, climbing can be very slippery and challenging. The canyon walls narrow to shoulder width as you shinny over fluted fins along the meandering course of the slot and pass beneath delightful little arches and natural bridges that give “Peek-a-boo” its name. Climbing out of Peek-a-boo, we head across country to “Spooky”, a slot canyon so narrow that it is spooky indeed – those with waist sizes above 36″ can’t fit through this narrowest part of this slot canyon. Other slot canyons exist nearby for canyoneers seeking more challenges.

• Peek-a-Boo and Spooky slot canyons are located in The BLM (Bureau of Land Management) area alongside Escalante. We drove through part of Escalante to get there and also when we left. Follow highway 12 until you see the Hole in the Wall Road. Turn there and drive for 26.3 miles and you will find the trailhead on the left.
• Located along Hole in the Rock Road just southeast of Escalante, Utah, are some of the finest slot canyons in the world. Peek-A-Boo, Spooky, and Brimstone gulches, are just three of the dozens found off of Hole in the Rock Road. These slot canyons started as mere cracks and fissures in the sandstone, but over time, flash floods ripped into the.
• Combining Dry Fork, Peek-A-Boo, and Spooky slots is an effective way to make the most of a day in Escalante. These three slot canyons make for approximately a 3.5-mile hike that is packed full of fun, clambering and winding through the cracks and crevices of this area. If you find any other awesome slot canyons in Utah, let us know.

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A Spooky Scare At Spooky Gulch and Peekaboo Slot Canyons Utah A few years ago, I was a fresh-faced adventurer taking on the wild west for the first time. Not too far off from a Filipino Alexander Supertramp, I sought to conquer the great outdoors while being entirely unprepared to do so.