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Paria Canyon Hike, 2005
March 2005
5
days, 4 nights, 46 miles
DAY 1, 8 miles
7:28
loaded into the “Betty Price” shuttle (28 minutes late)
9:08
stopped at the contact station to check the canyon conditions
and use restrooms
9:49
sign in on the hiking register
9:50
start hike at Wire Pass Trailhead. Clear skies, 48 degrees and
windy
10:30
begin the “slot”, or narrow section, narrow, with beautiful
colors
10:50
confluence of Buckskin Gulch! Cold water. Meet 6 Canadian
hikers with wetsuits
12:23
slight opening in the canyon
1:40
Paul nearly fell into the water. Sunny, 51 degrees
2:29
take off packs and carry over our heads in difficult/deep
section
2:50
over waist deep waters
3:30
chest deep pools
6:20
camp near Middle Pass
6:45
tents up and eating dinner
7:30
bed
9:00-10:00 rain
DAY 2, 8
miles
7:30
wake up, 45 degrees, cloudy skies
8:15
breakfast
9:31
start hike
10:45
meet 2 hikers going up Buckskin Gulch
11:40
rain! Put on our pack covers
11:42
logs and rocks block our path slowing our progress
12:50
reach difficult rock-fall. Paul found a way through. Hand our
packs down
2:15
Confluence of the Paria! Water turns from red-brown to
gray-brown
3:00-4:00 rain!
4:00-4:20 sleet/hail!
4:15
filter water
4:30
find campsite near P10
4:50
tents up 50 degrees
5:00
eating dinner
5:15
rain
5:50
bed 48 degrees
DAY 3, 10.5
miles
7:00
wake up, 40 degrees
7:45
breakfast
8:15
take down tents
9:30
start hiking 49 degrees
9:45
Jen cries (all of our feet are in pain, 3rd day of
walking in 40 degree water)
11:24
Big Spring, near P12 60 degrees
3:17
Judd Hollow Pump, near P 17.5
3:40
filter spring near P19
5:07
find campsite near P20.5 (Wrather Arch campsite)
5:30
put up tents
6:00
eat dinner
7:00
filter water
7:45
bed 50 degrees
DAY 4, 8.5
miles (plus 2+ mile side trip hike to Wrather Arch)
7:00
wake up 40 degrees
8:00
breakfast
9:00
tents down
10:15
start Wrather Arch hike
11:15 @
base of Wrather Arch, world’s 7th largest natural
stone arch
12:08
start hike
2:06 69
degrees
4:00
Last Reliable Spring near P25.5. Eat and filter water.
7:00
find camp neat P28
7:30
tents up
8:00
Bed 60 degrees
DAY 5, 11
miles
7:00
wake up 50 degrees
7:30
take down tents
7:50
start hike, lots of debris washed up on boulders during flooding
9:40
Petroglyphs
10:05
70 degrees
11:06
rest, snack near P 33, 70 degrees
12:30
78 degrees
1:02
Heath falls in the water
1:35
sign out on the hiking register
2:08
reach Lonley Dell Ranch
2:30
arrive @ Lees Ferry!
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