The final descent follows a short segment of carved slickrock trail and steps that lead to part of an old fence on a terrace just above the arroyo of Davis Gulch. Once you reach the canyon bottom, you intersect a wellworn trail leading both up and down the canyon. The highwater mark of Lake Powell lies 0.2 mile downcanyon, and at low water, you can continue another 0.2 mile to the lake. Don't be surprised to see boaters on the lake, they visit Davis Gulch frequently and are largely responsible for maintaining the trail here as a wellworn path. The trail upcanyon is brushy at times, and requires crossing the stream repeatedly between a long chain of deep beaver ponds.
Some crossings are precarious over the flimsy bridges of beaver dams.
Depending upon stream conditions, wading may be necessary in places. This remote canyon is truly beautiful. Terraces host groves of Gambel oak, and riparian growth is abundant along the perennial stream. Willow, seepwillow, tamarisk, cottonwood, box elder, and netleaf hackberry fringe the terraces above the arroyo. Deep alcoves are scooped out of the desert varnishstreaked canyon walls, which reach 200 feet to the rims above.