For Views Like Angels Landing, Trek This Underrated Utah Hike
By Hillary Louise Johnson
VACATIONS
Zebra Canyon is a hidden gem hike in Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument that rivals Angels Landing for utterly unique scenery that will make you gasp in wonder.
The hike through Zebra Canyon and Tunnel Slot can be done as a 6.6-mile lollipop loop by hiking all the way through Zebra Canyon and back down Tunnel Slot.
Grand Staircase-Escalante is less developed than other parks, but provides more solitude. On the hike, you will enter a slot canyon littered with boulders and scramble a bit.
Once you're inside, Zebra Canyon completely surrounds you in an intimate realm of natural beauty reminiscent of the Wave, another swoopy, stripey canyon hike in Arizona.
Tunnel Slot Canyon is so narrow in places that it appears to close overhead. Its walls are stained dark from the passage of water, giving it a glowering, dramatic appearance.