Wildman Zen's video: Death Valley - Descent from Red Pass through Titus Slot Canyon

Titus Canyon is a drive-able slot canyon in the north-eastern section of Death Valley National Park that will have you awe-struck and hooting with exhilaration. [Skip to 7:30 if you just want to see the slot.] To get there, gas up in Beatty NV, visit the nearby Rhyolite ghost town, then take Titus Canyon Road northward from the junction a couple of miles from Rhyolite. The first 6 miles are washboard penance, followed by beautiful, narrow Red Pass, then down to the old Leadfield ghost town. Upper Titus canyon begins just below the ghost town, undulating around rock outcroppings, past petroglyphs and desert bighorn sheep for miles. The canyon walls close in as you enter lower Titus Canyon's slot, becoming water-worn from flash floods. The track squeezes narrow and sinuous between rising walls that blaze in the sunshine above as you navigate the dark canyon depths. If you ever get the chance, DO THIS DRIVE. You'll want high clearance, or a short wheelbase. Low slung passenger cars may leave bits of undercarriage along the way. This really is a world-class drive, worth every washboard on the way in.