Inside Buckskin Gulch
Inside Wire Pass slot canyon, the primary entrance into Buckskin Gulch
Confluence of Wire Pass canyon and Buckskin Gulch. There are petroglyphs here and slot canyons are on all three sides of the delta.
A log stuck in the narrow walls of Buckskin Gulch, about 40 feet (12 m) above ground level

Buckskin Gulch (also known as Buckskin Creek, Buckskin Wash, and Kaibab Gulch) is a gulch and canyon located in southern Kane County, Utah, near the Arizona border.[1] With a length of over 13 mi (21 km), it is one of the main tributaries of the Paria River, a tributary of the Colorado River.

Buckskin Gulch is one of the longest and deepest slot canyons in the Southwestern United States.[2][3][4][5]

Wire Pass,[6] a short tributary to Buckskin (and the most common means by which Buckskin Gulch is accessed), have features of narrow, curving features of the slot canyons.[7]

Access

Buckskin Gulch is reached via U. S. Route 89 (US‑89) in Utah, roughly halfway between the towns of Kanab, Utah, and Page, Arizona. There are five access routes to the canyon, including Buckskin Trailhead, Wire Pass Trailhead, White House trailhead, and Lee's ferry trailhead.[8]

Regulations

Permits are required for overnight backpacking as well as day hiking in Buckskin Gulch and the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness. Permits can be obtained from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) official website.

Only twenty overnight permits per day are allowed, and group sizes are limited to ten people. Campfires are prohibited, and human waste cannot be buried and must be packed out in order to preserve the condition of the environment.[9][10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buckskin Gulch
  2. ↑ "Shimmy Through the World's Most Spectacular Slot Canyons". www. smithsonianmag.com. Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Buckskin Gulch". utah.com. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "Buckskin Gulch". /www. zionnational-park.com. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "Buckskin Gulch". americansouthwest.net. The American Southwest. Retrieved 18 January 2007.
  6. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wire Pass
  7. ↑ "Buckskin Gulch". americansouthwest.net. The American Southwest. Retrieved 18 January 2007.
  8. ↑ "Buckskin Gulch Trail Guide: Backpacking the Paria River and Buckskin Gulch". wildbackpacker.com. Wild Backpacker. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Paria Canyon Permit Area: Vermilion Cliffs National Monument / Paria Canyon / Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness". blm.gov. Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness permit information". blm.gov. July 10, 2006. Archived from the original on March 9, 2007. Retrieved June 5, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
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