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End of the road outside the first slot The Kyle Canyon Slots Road and Trailhead is located up in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (also known as Mt. Charleston), about 30 minutes northwest of Las Vegas. From town, drive north on Highway 95 to Kyle Canyon Road (Highway 157; Table 1, Site 0667). Turn left onto Kyle Canyon Road and drive west for 12.3 miles to Harris Springs Road (Site 0764), which is just past two paved and lighted 'chain up' pullouts. Link to Trailhead Map. Smaller trailhead parking area Turn left onto the infrequently graded Harris Springs Road and drive south for about 200 yards as the road runs out across Kyle Canyon Wash. When Harris Springs Road turns left to cut up the hillside, turn right onto a one-lane dirt road (Forest Road 45532H; Site 1283), which Google Maps lists as Crested Wheatgrass Road. Follow Forest Road 45532H west for 0.42 miles as it runs along the south edge of Kyle Canyon Wash. Forest Road 45532H runs straight and then follows the cliffs around to the south and up towards a cleft in the cliffs. No vehicle in the slot! The road passes close to the cliff, then passes a large (several vehicles) parking area on the left (Site 1286). A bit farther, the road bends sharply to the right, passes a small parking area, and drops into the wash. Staying to the left in the gravel, the road runs up into the mouth of the slot. Depending on the vehicle, pick an appropriate parking area. Stop here; this is the trailhead (Site 1284). I drove in the first time in my wife's sedan and that was fine, but I stopped just before dropping into the wash. Less adventuresome driver might park in the edge of Harris Springs Road (Site 1283) and walk from there. We are hikers, so we might as well hike!

Harris Springs Road at Kyle Slot Road (Rd 532H; view E) Kyle Slot Road (Rd 45532H; view W) Start of Kyle Slot Road (Rd 532H; view W) Kyle Slot Road (Rd 532H) Kyle Slot Road (Rd 532H) Kyle Slot Road (Rd 532H) Approaching smaller parking area View into narrow from smaller parking area Approaching end of the road End of the road

Table 1. Highway Coordinates (NAD27; UTM Zone 11S). Download Highway GPS Waypoints (*.gpx) file. Site Location UTM Easting UTM Northing Latitude (N) Longitude (W) Elevation (ft) Verified 0667 Hwy 95 at Kyle Canyon Rd 651544 4021405 36.32758 115.31167 2,820 Yes 0764 Kyle Canyon Rd at Harris Springs Rd 632942 4015180 36.27423 115.51990 5,400 Yes 1283 Harris Springs Rd at USFS Rd 45532H 632973 4014969 36.27233 115.51960 5,404 Yes 1284 Kyle Canyon Slot Trailhead Parking 632559 4014665 36.26964 115.52425 5,490 GPS 1286 Kyle Canyon Slot Lower Parking 632587 4014748 36.27038 115.52393 5,460 GPS

Happy Hiking! All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate. ; Last updated 190731

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These pages describe slot canyons and other narrow gorges of the Southwest, mostly within the Colorado Plateau of north Arizona and south Utah. All canyons listed are explorable by hiking, scrambling and limited climbing, ie without need for rappelling or any equipment. Slot canyons are nice because you don’t have to make very many decisions in them. Carved by wind, water and dinosaur tears, slot canyons can be hundreds of feet deep and so narrow you have to cram yourself through sideways. (There’s one near Zion called Fat Man’s Misery.).

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This slot canyon hike is the perfect example of the little-known treasures just waiting to be discovered in our state. Located just outside of Las Vegas, this trail leads you into a rugged and gorgeous canyon landscape that looks like something from a different world. Description of Area: The Kyle Canyon Slots is a short.2 mile one-way walk through a narrow slot, then through a somewhat longer narrow canyon, followed by a second narrow slot. More than 100 feet high, the canyon walls are made of cemented alluvial materials, and as such, exhibit considerable differences in erosions.

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Like the similarly named Red Cave and Red Hollow, Red Canyon forms a colorful series of narrows through the deep red sandstone rock of the Glendale Bench, a few miles east of Zion National Park, although the drainage is a tributary of Kanab Creek rather than the Virgin River.
The canyon has about half a mile of enclosed, curving passages up to 100 feet deep, mostly without any obstructions, and quite easily reached from a main road (US 89); the canyon runs parallel to the highway about 2 miles from it, and may be accessed either by driving along a very sandy 4WD track or walking cross-country, hiking over a rolling, open landscape of dunes and occasional trees (the Sand Hills). Adventure tour companies from Kanab sometimes take visitors to the slot, which is known locally as Peek-a-Boo Canyon, though the place is in general little visited compared to the more famous narrows within the nearby national park.

Topographic Map of Red Canyon

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9 views of Red Canyon.

Location

A secondary road leaves US 89 a mile east of the turn-off for Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park and runs eastwards alongside (to the north) for 4 miles, rejoining the highway shortly before it begins the descent into Three Lakes Canyon towards Kanab. The secondary road is partly paved, and it provides many good places to camp, close to the main road though mostly out of sight. The track to the canyon starts at the east end of this old road, by the junction with US 89, and is very sandy from the start, as it skirts around a large area of dunes, rises slightly to cross a low ridge then descends towards a dry wash (a tributary of Kanab Creek) where the surface becomes even softer. The remaining stretch is more level though still across deep sand, as the road curves east then back west just before the streamway, meeting it one mile downstream of the end of the slot. ATVs can drive along the streambed right up to the start of the narrows.

Route Description

The wash is enclosed by low cliffs for a short distance below the slot, offering plenty of entry/exit routes before the walls become vertical and form the first section of narrows. The Navajo sandstone here is dark red in appearance, typical of this region, and is eroded into delicate curves bearing graceful surface patterns, from thin horizontal bands of lighter rock crossed by vertical strips of desert varnish. The first narrows are quite short, opening out to a sunlit section, but this doesn't last long as the drainage constricts again to a longer, deeper slot. Some parts are quite dark because of overhanging rocks above, and the smooth curving walls allow for pretty reflections and light effects, quite similar to canyons around Page in Arizona, such as Antelope. The floor is sandy and has no potholes to hold any water so the passages are largely unobstructed, until a 20 foot pour-off topped by protruding chokestones, a blockage not easily climbable. The nearest exit route to bypass this drop is quite far back. Above the dryfall, the canyon is not narrow for much further, soon becoming wider and less sheer-sided.

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