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The Slickrock Trail is located in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park.
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It is a 90 minute drive from Moab, Utah.
There is some beautiful scenery along the way.
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The Slickrock Trail is 6.5 miles past the needles entrance station
at the end of highway 211.
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There's a small parking lot along the side of the road the trail starts directly behind a trail sign.
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Hi. I'm Alexandra.
And I'm Evan.
And we are Within Hiking Distance.
Today we're hiking the Slickrock Trail in the Needles section of Canyonlands National Park.
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The trail gradually gains elevation until it reaches the main plateau.
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This is a great family-friendly hike with four viewpoints.
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The trail is 2.8 miles round trip with 210 feet of elevation gain.
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The first viewpoint is just a short distance into the trail.
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This viewpoint is of the La Sal and Abajo Mountains.
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After the first viewpoint, the trail will run along the canyon rim.
We have a beautiful day in mid-November.
Temperatures are in the mid-30s.
I'm pretty sure we're the only ones on the trail right now.
We came to the beginning of the loop and hiked this trail in a counter-clockwise direction.
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Along the way to the second viewpoint we came across some ephemeral pools,
which are depressions into sandstone rock where rainwater is collected.
Some of these potholes are home to tiny organisms.
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Since it was mid-November when we did this hike some of the potholes had a
thin layer of ice on them.
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The second viewpoint is a view of the upper portion of the Little Spring Canyon.
Water has carved this canyon over millions of years and continues to this day.
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We came across more ephemeral pools on the way to the third viewpoint
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The third viewpoint is the most impressive with views of the deep canyon
and Island in the Sky in the background.
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The canyon area is primarily made out of limestone rock
which was created from a shallow sea that was there millions of years ago.
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The fourth viewpoint overlooks Big Spring Canyon.
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After the last viewpoint follow the trail until it intersects with the main trail back to the parking lot.
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