Canyon Walls
Location: 38.2966918945312, -111.212539672852
Cottonwood Grove
Location: 38.3078651428223, -111.226005554199
Lone Boulder
Location: 38.3060340881348, -111.225730895996
Rising Rock Formations
Location: 38.3018188476562, -111.218040466309
Rock Monolith
Location: 38.317497253418, -111.248970031738
Rock-Strewn Wash
Location: 38.3188705444336, -111.250068664551
Sandy Wash
Location: 38.2985229492188, -111.211990356445
SCT001
Location: 38.3157157897949, -111.304016113281
Follow Chimney Rock Loop Trail to the NE
SCT002
Location: 38.3175506591797, -111.298301696777
Stay L @ marked Y, heading E where Chimney Rock Loop Trail diverges. Ahead, wrinkled slopes on R rise up to Mummy Cliff
SCT003
Location: 38.3173675537109, -111.284896850586
L @ T, leaving Chimney Rock Loop Trail. Follow canyon's course NE
SCT004
Location: 38.319149017334, -111.281753540039
Stay R, heading NE in rocky wash. Large side canyon on L offers good bouldering with sandy landings
SCT005
Location: 38.3230514526367, -111.273750305176
Turn R (E) where another side canyon enters on L
SCT006
Location: 38.3243827819824, -111.263481140137
Turn R (SE) @ signed Y with Spring Canyon and walk downstream
SCT007
Location: 38.3191680908203, -111.250419616699
Navigate the narrows: Go L, and connect cairns on exposed footpath along slickrock bench. Note: This route bypasses two 10-ft. dry falls that require steep down-climbs and murky pool swims
SCT008
Location: 38.3171844482422, -111.247169494629
Narrows end; steep bypass trail descends back to wash
SCT009
Location: 38.3132820129394, -111.242698669434
Stay L (E) where side canyon merges with Spring Canyon. In next mi., pass occasional cottonwood groves
SCT010
Location: 38.3079566955566, -111.226829528809
Springs emerge from boulder pile and flow .25 mi. down canyon; water quality improves downstream (safer drinking water)
SCT011
Location: 38.2988471984863, -111.212692260742
Spring Canyon snakes to the S toward the Fremont River
SCT012
Location: 38.2851829528809, -111.197814941406
Ford knee-deep Fremont River (caution: river may be deeper, faster during flood conditions). In 400 ft., turn R onto UT 24
SCT013
Location: 38.283634185791, -111.199203491211
Pick up 2nd car @ unmarked turnout (E of milepost 83) for 7-mi. ride back to trailhead
Spring Canyon
Location: 38.3014526367188, -111.222343444824
The Narrows
Location: 38.318000793457, -111.250068664551
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