This is a fun little side canyon off of Buckhorn Draw Road that provides a few short sections of narrow slot canyon experiences. I use the term “slot canyon” loosely in this Trek since the slot canyon parts in Furniture Draw are still fairly wide and anyone could get through them.

You begin hiking right at the entrance to Furniture Draw Canyon. Just follow the canyon for about four turns and then you will arrive at the first narrow part.  Along the way, I found some historical graffiti on the sandstone walls.  I didn’t see any petroglyphs on this trip, but maybe there are some?  There is plenty of evidence of Buckhorn Draw being used by Native Americans with many different sites for petroglyphs.

This canyon is quiet and doesn’t see many visitors.  You will probably have it all to yourself like I did! Just be prepared for anything.  I knew this canyon was a short one, but I still packed some extra water and food just-in-case.

You will encounter the first narrow part of the canyon at about 3/4 mile into the hike and it will stay narrow for about 800 ft! Kids would love climbing all over the rocks and learning basic stemming and canyoneering skills!  You won’t be pushed hard in this canyon.  This is a very basic and easy canyon to introduce you into slot canyons.  You won’t even need to bring any canyoneering or climbing equipment or have any knowledge of climbing to do this canyon successfully.  This is why I put this at a hiking category than a canyoneering category.

I found a little bit of water inside the more narrower part, but it was easily avoidable and I just walked on the side.  You may find more water or less water, it just depends on the time of year and recent rains/snow.  I hiked beyond this a little ways until I figured the fun parts were over and hiked back down.  And, that’s it!  You just hike as far as you want and come back. It’s a very simple and easy adventure!  You could easily hike this from the top down, but that would require a shuttle system or you hiking back up.  The top area isn’t as pretty as the lower parts of the canyon, so I recommend hiking this from down to up.