Sulphur Creek

Sulphur Creek is not a trail in any traditional sense — it is the creek. You start at the highway bridge west of the visitor center and walk directly into the streambed, spending the next several miles ankle- to knee-deep in water as canyon walls rise around you. The route threads through three small waterfalls that require downclimbing (or sliding, depending on your dignity), and the narrow slot sections squeeze tight enough to block out the sky. The sandstone walls glow in bands of red, cream, and purple, and the silence between your splashing footsteps is striking. This is a point-to-point route that ends near the visitor center, so you will need a shuttle or a second car. Hikers who love canyoneering-lite adventures — wet, wild, and wonderfully weird — will be grinning the entire way.