Utah Vacation - Willis Creek

Driving north, we found Skutumpah Road to the left off the paved portion of Cottonwood Road, just a few miles south of Cannonville.  We had missed it on the drive south.  This road is also said to be impassible if wet, and it was barely passible dry.  We were so glad we had 4-wheel drive.  The road condition was not helped by the fact that they are laying fiber along the shoulder, making the road even softer.  That was quite a surprise.  I can't imagine what parts of this desolate, but beautiful, land the fiber is connecting.  We drove about 6 miles down the road to the Willis Creek trailhead.


We knew we would get our feet wet but figured our shoes needed a bath.  And the water was only a couple of inches deep at most, with plenty of rocks to step on.  We walked down into the creekbed

and along the creek as it flowed through neat canyons.  We only went in about a mile before turning around.  We had enough walking for the day.  And while the canyon was neat, it wasn't nearly as deep or as dramatic as Cottonwood Narrows.




There was a small waterfall where the creek dropped into the next canyon.