From Boulder Utah, take the Burr trail east. The road is paved and starts on the south side of town.

Roadside Attraction
From the trailhead, Singing Canyon is the canyon north of the road. Follow the wide, well-worn sandy trail across Long Canyon and up Signing Canyon. It ends at an impressive dryfall not far from the road.

Technical Loop

Approach (90-120 minutes)
From the Singing Canyon trailhead, walk down the main Long Canyon Road for about 0.7 miles to a short side road on the north side. This is the upper Gulch Trailhead. From the end of the side road, follow the social trail and it descends the steep dirt slope, crosses through a fence, and heads up The Gulch. Stay on the most used social trail at the bottom of the drainage as you head up The Gulch.

In 0.4 miles Steep Creek Canyon joins from the left. Stay right. At 0.85 miles up The Gulch, another side canyon comes in on the left. This is an important landmark. Stay right, in The Gulch, but start looking for a drainage coming in on the right that joins in just a couple of minutes.

Go up the side drainage staying in the water course. When it forks before reaching a sandstone cliff, go right and begin working up and right to the ridge above the drainage. Once on the ridge, look south and you will see the remnants of an old cattle trail that has been cut into the sandstone that climbs out of The Gulch. Follow this old trail up. It is easy to follow as it climbs up through the sandstone. Once up through the sandstone layer, it cuts back northeast along the rim. This section is also easy to follow. As it reaches a wide side drainage coming in from the east, the trail gets less distinct and braids a bit.

From the shallow side drainage, continue following the trail as far as possible, then head east using good route finding to avoid tromping the cryptobiotic soil. It is about a quarter of a mile across open country to where Signing Canyon comes into view. Follow the rim of Singing Canyon upstream until it is easy to walk down into the canyon bottom.

Canyon
Head down canyon. You should soon reach a short drop where the sandstone changes layers. This featured drop could be rappelled but is easy enough to bypass on the left (looking down canyon). Continue down canyon. There are several small climbing obstacles, but all are straightforward (or could be bypassed if needed). The canyon is lovely and open here.

The canyon passes through a small slickock/subway section before narrowing and dropping. This is the start of the technical section. A large ledge on the right makes a great spot to take in the views and gear up.

After the first downclimb, the canyon narrows and deepens with a couple of more downclimbs before rappel 1.

R1 – 12 m ( 40 ft. ) – This rappel is followed quickly by rappel 2.

R2 – 15 m ( 50 ft. ) – Going under the chockstone is a tight squeeze. Many, like myself, will need to stem over, then down to get on rappel. Rappel 3 is just a few minutes down from rappel 2.

R3 – 30 m ( 99 ft. ) – The final rappel in the canyon. Be sure to inspect or build the anchor carefully. NOTE: DO NOT THROW YOUR ROPES DOWN THIS RAPPEL! There are often people visiting from below. Lower your rope to avoid hitting some unsuspecting visitor!

Once down the rappel it is just a few minutes down canyon to the trailhead.