Buckskin Gulch
Buckskin Gulch (also known as Buckskin Creek, Buckskin Wash, and Kaibab Gulch) is a gulch and canyon located within southern Kane County, Utah, United States. It is located near the Arizona border and is one of the main tributaries of the Paria River, which is a tributary of the Colorado River. It is over  long. Buckskin Gulch is one of the longest and deepest slot canyons in the Southwestern United States. Wire Pass, a short tributary to Buckskin (and the most common means by which Buckskin Gulch is accessed), takes hikers through the narrow, curving features of the slot canyons. Access 
Buckskin Gulch is reached via U. S. Route 89 (US‑89) in Utah, and is roughly halfway between the towns of Kanab, Utah and Page, Arizona. There are five access routes to the canyon. There is a $6 per person access fee, which can be paid online ahead of time or on-site through a cash/check drop box. 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) online. Only twenty overnight permits per day are allowed, and group sizes are limited to ten persons. The overnight fee is $5.00 per person per day, while day-use permits are $6.00 per person per day. There is also a $6.00 fee per dog per day. Permits typically sell out several months in advance. Campfires are prohibited, and human waste cannot be buried and must be packed out in order to preserve the condition of the environment. See also 

 List of rivers of Utah
 Antelope Canyon

References

External links 

 Paria Canyon-Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness
 Buckskin Gulch at climb-Utah.com, a detailed description of the hike from Wire Pass, with GPS waypoints
 Buckskin Gulch GPS map Buckskin Gulch at Wikiloc.com. See the trail on Google Maps and Google Earth. Grand Gulch at Bureau of Land Management

Rivers of Utah
Slot canyons
Canyons and gorges of Utah
Rivers of Kane County, Utah
Tributaries of the Colorado River in Utah
Bureau of Land Management areas in Utah
Protected areas of Kane County, Utah