Name: Zebra Slot Canyon Trail
Rating: 4.3

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Take the Hole in the Rock Road 8 miles south from Hwy 12 to a parking area on the right, just past a cattle guard. The trail starts on the opposite side of the road. It is easy to follow until you reach Harris Wash. At this point, follow the cairns up the wash. Once the wash narrows into a slot canyon, you may have to wade through some puddles up to about five feet deep. The canyon quickly narrows to 8-10 inches at its narrowest, with some scrambling required to make it further up. Eventually, the slot runs into a 10 foot high ledge. This ledge can be negotiated with some bouldering/mantling skills, but several more potholes at the top make turning around the better choice.

Flora & Fauna

Lizards, rattesnakes, ravens, and other typical desert fauna are in abundance.

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Land Manager: BLM Utah - Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument

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Trail Ratings

4.3 from 16 votes

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in Escalante

#1691

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4.3 from 16 votes

5 Star		44%
4 Star		38%
3 Star		19%
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#1

in Escalante

#104

in Utah

#1,691

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Apr 2, 2023 near Escalante, UT

Apr 2, 2023 near Escalante, UT

Apr 2, 2023 near Escalante, UT

Negotiating Zebra Slot Canyon is a bundle of fun!

Jun 2, 2017 near Escalante, UT

Beautiful colorations in the rocks of this area give it its name.

Jun 2, 2017 near Escalante, UT

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Apr 2, 2023

Stewart Carnes

Chest deep polar plunge

May 29, 2022

Matthew Funke

Decent canyon worthwhile

May 19, 2022

Amanda Wright

2.6mi

Nov 24, 2021

Dea Nelson

cold pool 2.5mi

May 16, 2021

Atsuko Ohtake

Dec 31, 2020

Tim May

Clear trail out, slotty but easy to stay dry. — 3h 33m

Dec 6, 2020

Randy Farber

slot has water 5.8mi

Oct 15, 2020

Andrew White

not the best marked hike. follow the pilled rocks and do not follow the wash. Once at the slot canyon it is very narrow and the water can be around… 5.2mi — 2h 00m

Jul 15, 2020

Amanda Wright

5.2 RT 2.6mi

Jun 17, 2020

Jessica Luty

Dec 1, 2019

Deepshikha Nath

Dec 1, 2019

Anjana Sasi

Nov 15, 2019

Alex Gould

Sep 28, 2019

Viktor Metzler

2.6mi — 2h 30m

May 26, 2019

Andrea Vanotti

Apr 14, 2019

Sarah R

the hike was pretty easy until you get to the canyon. Definitely prepare to get wet even of it hasn't rained in a while, certain sections of the ca… 5.2mi

Sep 23, 2018

Lisa Griffiths

With Danny’s Famiky

Sep 15, 2018

Rock On

Hot. 2.5 miles to canyon.

Sep 15, 2018

Alon Szczupak

Sep 2, 2018

Sean Cocca

The path was easily identifiable with small rock cairns. The water in the slot canyon we was up to my 6’4” chest. It was cold, but felt good.

Aug 28, 2018

Carol Huston

Jul 20, 2018

Hollywood58 Woodward

Hot hike but worth every step!

Jun 27, 2018

Renee Romano

Would not recommend for dog more than 45 pounds. 5.2mi

Jun 23, 2018

Ethan Gehl

May 29, 2018

Cindy Lyons Peterson

Apr 21, 2018

Chad Fike

Apr 5, 2018

Alan Larsen

Nov 26, 2017

Michael Bobbe

Oct 1, 2017

Hannes Cohnert

Aug 22, 2016

Cristi P

6mi — 3h 46m

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Zebra Slot Canyon Trail

“An easy hike to a moderately challenging slot canyon. ”

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5,337' 1,627 m

5,153' 1,571 m

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