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Willow Gulch & Fortymile Gulch

Canyons of the Escalante | Friday, October 16, 2026

After hiking into Fiftymile Creek on Thursday we planned to return to Willow Gulch on Friday since we hadn’t been back there since our 2010 trip and I was interested in returning. Originally, I was thinking about doing a loop with Willow Gulch and Fortymile Gulch, but I know there can be some deep water in Fortymile Gulch and figured with all the recent rain that that might not be the best idea at this time, so we decided to hike each of them separately instead. That turned out to be a good choice since the recent storms had flooded the canyons which made the hiking a bit more challenging, plus we would have had a difficult time finding our way out for Fortymile Gulch near the end of the loop. So after another good night of sleep we were up just before the sunrise on Friday morning and then headed over to the nearby trailhead for Willow Gulch shortly after.

Willow Gulch

Southern Utah Wanderings 2010 | Day 3
Monday, October 4, 2010

Monday morning we woke up to rain. We had a quick breakfast inside the Jeep to stay dry. The sky to the south looked clear, so we headed in that direction to hike down Willow Gulch to Broken Bow Arch. When we arrived at the Willow Gulch trailhead we got lucky and the sky was indeed clear here with the sun shining….so we grabbed our backpacks and headed down canyon.