Monday, June 3, 2013

BUCKSKIN GULCH

PARIA CANYON WILDERNESS

BUCKSKIN GULCH DAY HIKE

WIRE PASS TO WHITE HOUSE 

HIKE IN MUD AND WATER

CHECK WEATHER FORECAST 

LEAVE A VEHICLE AT WHITE HORSE TRAILHEAD
AND SHUTTLE HIKERS TO WIRE PASS TRAILHEAD
HIKE BEGAN AT 7am AND ENDED AT 9:45pm
PUT DAY PERMITS ON VEHICLES

ONE OF THE LONGEST 
SLOT CANYONS IN THE WORLD

JULES VERNE JOURNEY

MIDDLE TRAIL 
CLIMBERS DROP IN HERE

AWESOME ADVENTURE

HOW DID THAT LOG GET UP THERE?

CLIMB DOWN A HUGE ROCK JAM

AFTER THE CONFLUENCE
ENTER PARIA RIVER (NORTH)
WALK UNDER THE ARCH

DAY PERMIT: $6 per person 
RATINGS: Difficult
MILEAGE: 20.9 miles
ELEVATION LOSS: 500'
TIME: 13 hours 45 minutes
No Cell Phone service


LANDMARKS:
Wire Pass trailhead
Narrows begin - 1.3 miles
Wire Pass/Buckskin Gulch - 1.7 miles
Middle Trail - 8.2 miles
Boulder Jam - 11.7 miles
Confluence - 13.5 miles
Arch - 13.6 miles
Power lines - 18.6 miles
White House trailhead - 20.9 miles

Check road conditions to Wire Pass.
You have to drive through a couple washes, 
and muddy roads are super slippery.

Backpacking permits reserved online in advance, BLM Paria Canyon Wilderness.