2 - Access to the top of the canyon. Recommended for first night's camping. There is a second safe area about 2 miles downstream. 3 - Major rock jam. Primary obstruction in Buckskin Gulch.
Degree of difficulty varies with changes from flash floods.
Rope is recommended to hand down packs. Start of Paria River 4 - The start of the Paria River Narrows which extend for about five miles downstream. Extremely hazardous when high water threatens. During some years there may be deep pools requiring swimming. The much photographed landmark is actually a huge rockfall which formed a bridge over the river.