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Buckskin-Paria slot canyon - Thumbnails


These are pictures of my June 2002 backpack trip with Earl Spurgin and Sharon Kaye. We hiked what is said to be the world's longest slot canyon, starting from Wire Pass and continuing through Buchskin Gorge and the Paria River, to the Colorado River at Lee's Ferry; while we started in Utah, most of the hike was in Arizona. The canyon was so narrow during the first day that you could often touch both sides; after that, it widened up a bit. Since it was a very dry year, we avoided the deep pools that you normally have to wade or swim in Buckskin. Our hike was completely dry until just before the Buckskin-Paria confluence; after that, we had a steady and increasing source of water. To see all the pictures in sequence, click the first picture (or here) and then just keep clicking the right-arrow for the next picture.

00 - Wire Pass Trailhead 01 - Follow the wash 02 - Wire Pass slot canyon 03 - Climbing down a chockstone 04 - Debris from flash floods 05 - Confluence with Buckskin Gorge 06 - Ancient Anasazi rock art 07 - Buckskin Canyon 08 - Slot canyon 09 - Debris from flash floods 10 - Looking up 11 - An easy path 12 - A major obstacle 13 - Lowering packs first 14 - Harry 15 - Buckskin 16 - Buckskin 17 - Except for the drought, this would be a deep pool 18 - Resting 19 - Two alternatives down a major obstacle 20 - We instead crawled underneath 21 - Our first water, near the end of Buckskin 22 - More water 23 - The Buckskin-Paria confluence 24 - Heading down the Paria River 25 - Seep springs add to the flow 26 - Paria 27 - A side canyon 28 - A desert flower 29 - A larger spring 30 - Campsite in Key Hole Canyon 31 - Frog on my water bag 32 - Sharon's show-and-tell stones 33 - Paria gets wider 34 - A hiker who didn't drink enough water 35 - Ancient Anasazi rock art 36 - Ancient Anasazi rock art 37 - Lush vegetation 38 - A small waterfall 39 - We jumped in here, near the end of the trip

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