It offers challenging hiking, pleasing campsites, and remarkable scenery from highway 89 in Utah to Lee's Ferry in northern Arizona where the Paria flows into the Colorado River. The river is enclosed in towering sandstone walls for much of that distance providing breathtaking beauty.
Numerous springs provide potable water allowing trips from several days to a week.
The best time of year to do the trip is spring or fall. Also, the narrative of our experiences, The Dive of the Buckskin . The Buckskin Gulch is an amazing tributary of the Paria River. Sun penetrates only around mid-day. This side canyon provides exciting challenges for the more advanced backpacker.