LITTLE WILDHORSE CANYON

This canyon has become a very popular day hike for folks car camping at Goblin Valley State Park, tenting at the base of the mesas along the access road (dirt 2WD), or (somewhat foolishly) parked along the drainage that the access road passes through just past the Canyon.  Expect to run into many people, especially around spring break and Easter.  I've been in here a several times.  It was good fun just after a rain because the shallow potholes were full (nothing serious, waist deep).  In the winter I had a nice solo hike, not seeing anybody, in which there was enough snow in places to make the pictures interesting and perhaps a little different.  

Photographically and technically, this is perhaps not quite as good as Ding and Dang, but is certainly worth the time if you are in the area.  There are some pretty good narrows with waterpocket faces that turn purple in the shade or gold in reflected light, towering walls with good trees, and a couple of little scrambles around boulders to get through.  Quite a bit less technical than Dang, it is a great introduction to the reef canyons and provides some good photographic opportunities.  Like most all slot canyons, there is serious flash flood potential.  Watch the weather carefully!  

Refs.  Kelsey, " Hiking and Exploring Utah's San rafael Swell", Kelsey Publishing, 1999.  A good discussion  and a printable topo map can be found at http://www.canyoneeringusa.com/utah/swell/little.htm