点评:Great hike especially if you haven’t been to Antelope Canyon. Only $6 permit too. We have done Antelope several times but still enjoyed the variety here. The entrance can be tricky- right turn off 89 just before a curve onto House Rock Valley Road. About 9 miles on that road, you will pass a gravel parking spot on the right if someone brought a low tide vehicle or long camper as the likely won’t make an upcoming dip.3 miles to park there and get to trailhead for Buckskin Overlook Trail to Wire Pass Slot. It is close to Buckskin Gulch trailhead but people prefer to go the Wirepass access. Road isn’t bad unless it is wet and then a no go.
The first 1.7 miles trail is an easy wash with small rocks, but no shade do go early, before 9am in summer. Red rock but not too exciting if you have seen such before. Once at Wire pass, photo ops start right away. Climb over or shimmy under a tree trunk, walk under a dead big tree that fell into the slot, next you go down a 12 foot ridden ladder - sturdy and relatively easy. Then an opening before continuing on to through the second part of wire pass slot. This part gets a tad narrow, and has two parts than you may need to sit down to get to the next level as it is a good 3 foot drop. Going back up that later is a harder if you are tall or long legged. You’ll come out by a big opening, with an arch in the wall on the right. Immediately after the arch is petroglyphs only about 3 feet off ground - mostly antelopes. It was much smaller than others we saw at Moab or St. George but many people were looking for it and missed it.
Next you choose left or right. Most people go to the right. We did too but ran into water up to the need with mud so decided, to start our u-turn there. With round trip it was just under 5 miles and we took 2 hours with many stops for pictures. We enjoyed it - we recommend it.
翻译:很棒的徒步旅行,特别是如果你还没有去过羚羊峡谷的话。许可证也只要 6 美元。我们已经去过羚羊峡谷好几次了,但仍然喜欢这里的多样性。入口可能有点棘手 - 在拐弯进入 House Rock Valley Road 之前右转 89 号公路。在那条路上行驶大约 9 英里,如果有人带着低潮车辆或长露营车,你会经过右边的一个碎石停车位,因为它们很可能不会遇到即将到来的低潮。3 英里的路程停在那里,然后到达 Buckskin Overlook Trail 到 Wire Pass Slot 的起点。它靠近 Buckskin Gulch 的起点,但人们更喜欢走 Wirepass 入口。路还不错,除非是湿的,否则不能走。
第一个 1.7 英里的路径是一条容易被小石头冲刷的路径,但没有树荫,所以夏天早上 9 点之前要早点走。红色的岩石,但如果你以前见过的话,就不太刺激了。到达 Wire pass 后,马上就可以拍照了。爬过或从树干下钻过,从一棵掉进缝隙的枯死大树下走过,接下来你要走下 12 英尺高的梯子——坚固且相对容易。然后是一个开口,然后继续穿过第二部分电线通道。这部分有点窄,有两个部分,你可能需要坐下来才能到达下一层,因为这里有 3 英尺的落差。如果你个子高或腿长,稍后再上去会更难。你会从一个大开口出来,右边的墙上有一个拱门。拱门后面是离地面仅 3 英尺的岩画——大部分是羚羊。它比我们在摩押或圣乔治看到的岩画小得多,但很多人都在寻找它,却错过了。
接下来你选择左转或右转。大多数人都往右走。我们也这么做了,但遇到了水和泥,所以决定从那里开始掉头。往返不到 5 英里,我们花了 2 个小时,中途多次停下来拍照。我们玩得很开心 - 推荐。