Two in one.
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Going to slots
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Zebra and Tunnel slot canyons are seen in one loop hike, total 6.6 miles. From the trailhead along Hole-in-the-Rock road, it is 2.4 mile to the entrance of Zebra slot. The color in the area is really amazing. Pink. I had never seen this kind of color in the nature. It was a really pleasant hike to see this color and geology. Zebra slot was dry when we were there. According to Alltrails' reviews, there could be water depending on a season. Some said the water was up high until waist level. Zebra slot get quickly extremely narrow, so you cannot go much, but really fun.
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Zebra pattern
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After Zebra, we headed for the Tunnel slot. This connecting way was my favorite. Actually, there is no trail, mostly route-finding off-trail type travel. I really liked to see a lot of stripes: the reason the slot is called Zebra. Not only the pattern, but the color of pink makes this area very unique. Some rocks has vertical strips, some horizontal, some circles due to how it was eroded I guess.
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Water made it smooth!
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Another interesting observation one point is in the left picture. The flow of water made the rock smooth. What a powerful force of water. It was cool to see this.
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Tunnel Slot
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Then,
we reached Tunnel slot. The color is different from Zebra, but another
unique colors. More colorful with green, black, brown and pinkish. This
is quite short (125 feet/38 meters), and narrow, but not as narrow as
Zebra slot. I have also seen this slot could have waist-deep water in Alltrails reviews, but luckily it was completely dry when we were there. As the name indicates, it was dark like tunnel!
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