Mardee, we've hiked Wire Pass! It links to Buckskin Gulch: at 16 miles, one of the longest - if not THE longest - and deepest slot canyons in the world. We were going to do W.P and then a chunk of B.G. as a day trip but there'd been recent rain and the mud in B.G. was so difficult to walk on/through that we had to abort that plan not all that far along and do an about face. Aside from being difficult, the mess wasn't going to do the rental SUV any good at all.
LOL, we ran into a group of young men who'd gone further and were covered in mud to the knees. Yep, they'd had to throw in the towel too.
All of that said, I'd highly recommend both unless there's been rain recently OR (more importantly) rain is expected anywhere in the region. Once into B.G. there are very few emergency ways up-and-out so flash flooding is a real danger. Even if it's been dry, it's likely you may still have to wade some cold, muddy pools, as friend did who traversed the entire route over a couple of days. The dirt road to the trailhead was a pretty nasty stretch of washboard and can be impassible when very wet. Still.....
Wire Pass provided just enough visual drama, and what we were able to do of B.G. has us very bummed that we couldn't do more! Wish I could share pix to inspire some of you fellow hikers.
