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HELLHOLE CANYON – KAYENTA CANYON
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Distance: 3.2 miles
TRAIL SUMMARY
Hellhole Canyon Trail, sometimes known as Kayenta Canyon or Kayenta Wash North, is a hike that takes you into a spectacular canyon that you can’t see from the road, and at the right time of the year, will reward you with an amazing waterfall! The trail follows Kayenta Wash up into the canyon. You can walk up the wash, but it will add a significant amount of time and effort to your trip. The hike does have a few steep climbs and takes you along some drop offs. Give yourself a couple of hours to enjoy this hike thoroughly. Make sure you take plenty of water!
TRAIL DETAILS
DIFFICULTY LEVEL
Moderate
ROUND TRIP LENGTH
3.2 miles
AVERAGE HIKE TIME
2-3 hours
GPS COORDINATES
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
BLM, Red Cliffs Desert Reserve
DISTANCE FROM ST GEORGE
13 Miles
RESTROOM FACILITIES
No Restroom Available
HIKERS ALLOWED
Yes
DOGS ALLOWED
Yes, on 6 ft leash
BIKERS ALLOWED
No
EQUESTRIAN ALLOWED
No
HIKE TYPE
Out & Back
BEST TIME OF THE YEAR TO HIKE
Spring, Fall, Winter
BEST TIME OF THE DAY TO HIKE
Morning, Afternoon
GROUP LIMIT
No Limit
PERMIT INFORMATION
No Permit Required
COST
No Cost
WATER SOURCES AVAILABLE
No Water Sources Available
CAMP SITES
No Camping Available on Trail
TRAIL CONDITIONS
Dirt Single Track, Sandy
SUN EXPOSURE
Full Sun Exposure
DIRECTIONS TO TRAILHEAD
Directions to Trailhead. From St George, head north on Bluff Street and take exit to Red Hills Pkwy/Snow Canyon Pkwy. Turn left onto Snow Canyon Pkwy and travel 3.2 miles until you come to a traffic circle. Proceed through the circle and continue 0.7 miles. At the next traffic circle continue through for about 1.2 miles. Continue through the next traffic circle until you reach 400 W, and take the 1st exit to the right from the traffic circle. Travel about 3 miles on 400 W/Taviawk Dr and the parking area is next to the Kayenta Sign. You can park on the right or left of the street.
FLORA AND FAUNA
Plants: Typical plant life for Southern Utah lowland hiking.
Animals: Typical animal life for Southern Utah lowland hiking.
TRAIL REPORT
Coming Soon!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tim LeBaron
HikeStGeorge is a project that began as a seedling for Tim LeBaron in the early part of 2008, but really didn’t begin to blossom until the latter part of 2011. The original idea behind the site was to bring to light all of the harder to find, or “less known” hidden gems of the area. It was more of a pet project than anything. As excitement about the site began to spread, there was more of a push to develop information about all hikes in the Southern Utah Region.
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I went up the wash. Is the secondary trail to the west, or to the east?
This hike is sketchy and hard to discover, and then my friend got bitten by a rattlesnake. Stay away!
Sorry to hear about your negative experience! This trail is one that could definitely be signed better by the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, and there is always a risk in Southern Utah of running into rattlesnakes on the trail. Please be cautious when hiking all trails in the area!
Just hiked this with my 12 and 8 year old. Wash was dry, lots of boulders to climb over. Hiking the wash takes much longer than hiking above the wash which is basically an easy dirt trail. Beautiful canyon.
We read the bit about staying out of the wash by taking trail alongside; unfortunately, we took the right trail offside, which led us up a quite steep mountainside and not along the wash at all. Regrouped and came back down and then followed along the wash itself and found parallel trails at some points but not easily discoverable.