Spooky Gulch is indeed a dark and mysterious place, containing about half a mile of serpentine, very, very narrow passages where it is often only possible to see a few feet ahead and squeeze sideways only, as the canyon twists and turns through many 180 degree bends. The colors and forms of the cross-bedded Navajo sandstone are very beautiful, and the walls have an unusual knobbly texture (nuts in meringues ) which adds to the eerie nature of the canyon.