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Devil's Slide

  • Writer: Alex Cabrero
    Alex Cabrero
  • Jun 22
  • 3 min read

Updated: 3 days ago

Tall split rock spire rises from a green forested mountainside under a clear blue sky.
Devil's Slide

(Croydon) You won't need hiking boots, a backpack, or even much time to check out Devil's Slide. All you really need is enough curiosity to pull over.

Highway beside rocky hills and trees with blue sign reading Devils Slide View Area 1/2 mile under clear sky.
The blue information sign letting you know the pull off is close

If you're driving along Interstate 84 near Croydon, between Morgan and Echo, you'll see one of those blue attraction signs on the side of the road for Devil's Slide. There's even a nice little pullout where you can safely park with plenty of spaces. It only takes a few minutes to visit, but it's one of those places that makes you stop, look up, and immediately wonder "What in the world is that?"

River in foreground below a steep rocky cliff and green hills under a clear blue sky, with trees and wild shrubs.
The Weber River flows in front of Devil's Slide

The name actually fits pretty well. This strange rock formation is made up of two giant walls of limestone that run side by side down the mountainside, making it look like someone built a gigantic playground slide for... well... the Devil. The two rock walls stand about 40 feet apart and stretch several hundred feet up the hillside.

Sunlit rocky cliff split by a narrow crevice in a green forest, with thin wires crossing the view.
The limestone walls of Devil's Slide

Geologists say the formation began about 170 million years ago when this part of Utah was covered by a shallow sea. Millions of years later, mountain-building forces tilted the rock layers nearly vertical. Erosion wore away the softer rock in between, creating the "slide" we see today.


Sunlit rocky hillside with jagged gray cliffs and green trees under a clear blue sky.
The top of Devil's Slide

Standing there and looking up at it, I couldn't help but wonder if people ever actually tried sliding down it. I did a little research and it turns out, yes. More than a century ago, people would climb Devil's Slide and make their way down portions of it during special events. These days, it's fenced off, but I have a feeling if someone tried it, especially in the winter when it's icy, they would end up in the Weber River pretty quickly.

Tall split rock cliff beside a river in green mountains under a clear blue sky.
It would be quite the sleigh ride down

This wasn't a long stop for us. Kylie stayed comfortably in the car while I hopped out to take a few pictures. We were probably there about ten minutes, and honestly, that's all you really need. Unless you're trying to convince your dog to look out the side window and up at it for a nice picture.

Black dog leans out of a car window wearing a pink flower collar and Aspen tag, looking alert against a green car.
Aspen looking for the Devil to chase

I have driven past this spot plenty of times through the years. I don't always stop, but every now and then I do just to check it out again. For me, it doesn't get old. I like that feeling of timelessness.

Smiling man in a blue shirt takes a selfie before rocky mountain cliffs and green hills under a bright blue sky.
I think I had dark brown hair the first time I was here

Is Devil's Slide worth making a special trip across the state just to see? Probably not, unless you're really into rocks and rock formations. But if you're already passing through the area on a lazy Sunday drive, I think it's absolutely worth pulling over for a few minutes. Not every adventure has to take all day. Sometimes it's enough to stop, smile, and spend ten minutes looking at something wonderfully strange.

Steep rocky ridge rising through green pine-covered hills under a bright blue sky, with faint power lines crossing the view.
I wonder if animals get in there and have to slide down?
Steep white-gray rocky cliff with a narrow crevice, surrounded by green trees and crossed by power lines
The gap between the limestone walls
Dark Jeep SUV parked on a sunny mountain road beside a chain-link fence, with rocky hills and clear blue sky.
Plenty of parking in the pullout
Green metal gate on a rocky trail amid tall grass, bare trees, and a stone cliff in bright daylight
There's a gate at the bottom
Rusty pipe mounted on posts beside a cliff, with a skull sign in a wooded rocky setting, eerie and rugged.
Above the gate at the bottom is a Devil's skull
Empty curving highway through rocky desert mountains under a clear blue sky, with green trees and road signs
Approaching the pulloff on I-84

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