Spooky Gulch in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument is one of the best named slots canyons I have ever been in. It is seriously spooky how narrow it is. I spent a few hours shooting there with my brother, often only feet apart, and we hardly saw each other. Also there are several spots where I had to scoot sideways with my body deflated as much as possible just to pass. Wow. It is pretty cool. The patterns in the walls were quite vaired as well. There were places were rocks were embedded in the walls and other places that were quite smooth. It is a place that I want to go back to! I just wish I would have dragged my little kids down there. They would have loved how tight it was, and I would have been pretty happy as well because the bottom of it is flat and made up of nice soft sand. We were worried the approach would be much worse. Oh well.
This shot begins to show how tight the canyon is, but doesn’t give this incredibly narrow slot justice! Depth of feild is a major issue as well because everything is so narrow and the walls are so close together.
Here you can see in one spot just how tight this canyon is!
Here is another shot of setting up the tripod. It took a few minutes to get it stable…
I highly recommend a visit to Spooky Gulch in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.
