Wild Horse Window & Canyon - Southern Swell

RATING: 2A or 3A

LENGTH: 3-5 hours

GEAR: 70 m ( 230 ft. ) or 40 m ( 132 ft. ) & 30 m ( 99 ft. ) ropes

RAPPELS: 1 if doing the simul-rappel

FLASHFLOOD: Low

SEASON: Any, hot in the summer.

Hype

Wild Horse Canyon and Wild Horse Window (or Skylight Arch as some refer to it) is a great, short, family friendly hike near Goblin Valley. For the more adventurous and technically inclined, the arch is often simul-rapped, and a lot of fun.

For pictures, I would recommend visiting in the morning when the arch area is in the sun. By mid/late afternoon, it becomes more shaded and harder to photograph. Mid-day is likely the perfect time.

Expect a little bit of route finding on this adventure, but certainly do-able by most.

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Photos (click on photo for more detail)

Alcoves where the arch is - Wild Horse Canyon

The window (Skylight Arch) - Wild Horse Canyon

Kent Beverly after the simul-rap - Wild Horse Canyon

More Fantastic Panel - Wild Horse Canyon

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Comments

Just a heads up the panel inside of the Arch alcove is fake. It was not there a few years ago when I visited, but was there last year....

by: pothole [Jan 09, 2012]