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Little Wild Horse Canyon – Otherworldly formations loop from Little Wild Horse Canyon

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Little Wild Horse Canyon – Otherworldly formations loop from Little Wild Horse Canyon

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Little Wild Horse Canyon – Otherworldly formations loop from Little Wild Horse Canyon

02:15

6.41km

140m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 14, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Muddy Creek Wilderness

San Rafael Swell Recreation Area

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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153 m

Little White Horse Canyon Trailhead

Highlight • Parking

The road to the trailhead is now paved throughout, so it makes the Little Wild Horse Canyon easy to reach.
It is advisable to start very early and if possible …

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1.05 km

Little Wild Horse/Bell Canyon Trail Fork

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Here the path splits, with Little Wild Horse Canyon on the right and Bell Canyon on the left.

My recommendation: start with the Little wild horse Canyon, as this is …

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1.10 km

Little Wild Horse Canyon

Highlight (Segment) • Canyon

Little Wild Horse is a classic Utah slot canyon with a long stretch of "narrows", or tight, high canyon walls. It is a great introduction to exploring slot canyons.

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2.15 km

Narrow, twisty going, but it’s unbelievably beautiful here.

Highlight • Canyon

It's a living corridor, a ribbon of winding sandstone, a succession of walls that meander and undulate.
The sandstone, polished by wind and tide, has almost human curves, hips, waves, …

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3.21 km

The wider section of Little Wild Horse Canyon

Highlight • Canyon

From now on, we can see the sky again, and the sun if it's there. This is an easy section of the canyon, and also beautiful.

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3.75 km

Otherworldly formations

Highlight • Canyon

You feel like you are on another planet, Mother Nature often looks beautiful.

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4.44 km

Narrow part with boulders to climb

Highlight • Canyon

This part of the Little Wild Horse Canyon is probably the narrowest part of the tour and it is precisely in this bottleneck that a boulder blocks the easy passage. …

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4.72 km

First place where you need to wade through water.

Highlight • Canyon

Seen from the parking lot. When we were here (November 21, 2025), the water was about 20cm deep. Afterward, we encountered several wading areas that you have to wade through; …

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6.41 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.11 km

229 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.24 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Thursday 25 June

31°C

17°C

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Little Wild Horse Canyon – Otherworldly formations loop from Little Wild Horse Canyon

Little White Horse Canyon Trailhead

Little Wild Horse/Bell Canyon Trail Fork

Little Wild Horse Canyon

Narrow, twisty going, but it’s unbelievably beautiful here.

The wider section of Little Wild Horse Canyon

Otherworldly formations

Narrow part with boulders to climb

First place where you need to wade through water.

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