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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 in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness. [1]
Wire Pass Trailhead is the starting point for hiking into the canyon via Buckskin Gulch, as well as to spectacular sandstone formations such as The Wave on the slopes of the Coyote Buttes. [9] The BLM has placed a limit on overnight camping in the Paria Canyon portion of the Wilderness in order to protect it from overuse.
From this trailhead, some of the hike options are the North Coyote Buttes to the Wave, to Wire Pass Narrows and onward to Buckskin Gulch. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) limits access to the North and South Coyote Buttes Wilderness Areas. The day hike to Wire Pass Narrows begins opposite the trailhead in the wash.
Many more slot canyons are located on public Bureau of Land Management and state-owned lands in southern Utah, in areas surrounding the aforementioned parks and monuments. Buckskin Gulch—one of the longest slot canyons in the world—begins in southern Utah and continues into northern Arizona within the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness.
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The shortest hike to The Wave begins at the Wire Pass Trailhead, about 8.3 miles (13.4 km) south of U.S. Route 89 along House Rock Valley Road, a dirt road about 35.4 miles (57.0 km) west of Page, Arizona or 38.6 miles (62.1 km) east of Kanab, Utah that is accessible to most vehicles in good weather. During and after a storm the road may be ...
The Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area (AHRA) is a state park in Colorado, U.S. The park is jointly administered by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the Bureau of Land Management, and the United States Forest Service. The park's joint headquarters and visitor center is in Salida, Colorado.
The ridge's highpoint is located just south of the state border in Arizona at 6,668 feet (2,032 m). [3]: 62 Before 1989, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) had identified three different mountains in the area named Buckskin Mountain: two in northern Coconino County, Arizona.