Paria Wilderness Utah/Arizona

[Paul Grube]

Would you like to backpack the Paria Canyonlands Wilderness? Check out my trip report.

http://www.venturingoutdoors.com/Hiking/Trip%20Reports/Paria_report.htm

At the bottom click on the video clip, gear list, time-line and photo gallery.

Plosive
“Light is right”

[Harry Dodge]

great trip diary. i did that trip north to south. september 1995. there was tons of 1-2 foot deep, very mischievious patches of QUICKSAND. you didn’t mention that. has it disappeared?

when i went the weather was perfect. we walked in that chocolatey water for 4 days. 6 inches deep to 5 feet deep. sometimes with quicksand under. we had to be ready to throw our packs off at a moments notice when the bottom of the river just pretty much disappeared.

it was an incredible trip though. well worth it. nice pics, thanks for the memories.

[Paul Grube]

On our trip there was very little quicksand. Maybe that was due to the fact that there was so much moving water. Should be a noticable contrast to what this spring is shaping up to be with the lack of rain/snowpack in the southwest (not the northwest). By the way, be sure to check out the short video clip at the end of the article.
Plosive
“Light is right”

[Mark W Heninger]

I did Paria in 2003 and loved it. We were there in june and saw very little water and no pools.

It is a great hike.

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