Local Color: Mystical Canyon

Explore Discover Experience Mystical Canyon We definitely recommend hiring a tour guide for this one. After a scenic four hour drive to Kanab from Utah County, we were so excited to meet up with Brett, our guide from Dreamland Tours. He was a kind fellow who quickly made us feel comfortable and excited to check out their Mystical Slot Canyon with

Wandering Families Looking for fun adventures? Follow along as dinosaur tracks. While we signed release forms, we share the best! Brett asked if we would @wanderingfamilies like to stop at Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park to let the kids get some pent-up energy out. We, unanimously, agreed to do just that. We stopped there for about 30 minutes or so, but easily could have spent an entire day running, jumping and digging in the soft, cool pink sand. (side note: you can rent ATVs at the state park main entrance) All ten children jumped out of the cars, threw off their shoes and headed up the hill into the park without any hesitation. They ran down the big hills so quickly that we couldn’t keep up and didn’t really try, since we could see them from the top. The juxtaposition between pine trees and Sahara desert-like sand is just so cool. After getting sufficiently covered in sand head-to-toe, we climbed back in the vehicles and went off-roading to the dinosaur tracks. Brett took us to one of the most concentrated section of footprints ever found. He calmly and patiently pointed out the small and large tracks and just let the kiddos run up and over the slick rock.

Most of the time, the kids ran ahead and played and found their own tracks (some real, some not). Finding this “quicksand” was one of the highlights of the dinosaur stop - we could hardly pry their little bodies out of this to continue on our way to the slot canyon.

The drive to Mystical Slot Canyon was seriously SO much fun - deep, deep sand and ruts and ups and downs... Brett was a skilled driver and let our children squeal and hang out the window and have the very best time. We quickly ate a snack at the suburbans and headed out through the slot canyon. The red rock with green foliage was stunning.

Brett, once again, pointed out the different rocks, formations and interesting features that we should be aware of...even the kids were interested - which, as parents, we recognized as a win!

A bit of scrambling as we hiked through the canyon...apparently, this boulder had been recently deposited that month during a flash flood (sure glad we were not there to witness that!)

The little ones loved being able to run through the canyon and hear their yells echo against the canyon walls. After playing and hiking for four plus hours, we all were famished so headed back to Kanab for dinner and a well earned rest.