How to Day Hike Buckskin Gulch | Longest Slot Canyon in the World
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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
- We'll show you how to day hike Buckskin Gulch which is the longest slot canyon in the world. We were joined by a local expert. Located in southern Utah at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. We visited on October 20, 2021.
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Wow Randy, absolutely amazing video. It reminded me of Psalm 50:2 : "Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God has shone forth." Thank you again Randy and to your team for providing such viewing enjoyment... Robin :-)
Amen, brother! You can understand why some of the original settlers called the area "Zion!"
I found it interesting how Charlie moved from Coeur D'Alene to St. George and be happy with his decision. Coeur D'Alene is amazing. I read somewhere that St. George is considered one of the ideal geographic places to live in terms of National Parks, Monuments, and National Forests concentrated within close relative proximity.
Mark...that is so true. Bob from Pa.
Right on, Mark... that is a special city. Heard housing prices are soaring as a result. Take care!
Wow. That has got to be the most beautiful canyon ever. A photo in itself.
Right on, Adam! Have a super week!
What an amazing hike! Thanks so much for virtually taking me along…this one wouldn’t be for me. I totally was in awe of the views from inside the slot canyon. As you mentioned, you really had ideal conditions! Thanks again and take care always.
Appreciate that, James! It really is a special place... a pleasure to have you along!
Gosh I love this channel. Another great one!
Really blessed by those words! Thank you!
We are planing on doing this hike in September! Thanks for sharing this awesome video!
This was a well-done video. I've just added it to my bucket list.
Thanks and good call, Dan! Hope it comes together for you. Rather easy to reach and no permit necessary.
Beautiful place, simply amazing! Your guide was added bonus too! Alway enjoy your videos especially now! Thank you!
Really enjoyed reading that, Gary! Have a blessed week!
Wow! Gr8 stuff MrRandy🌝
Thanks so much, Mark!
We love that part of the country! We were out that way in 2021 and loved it, and this hike looks amazing! Informative video and great camera shots!
Good taste, my friend! Thanks for the kind words!
Another great hike - glad you got to do this one
Thanks, Bianca!
Charlie’s a gem! What a stunning canyon! Thanks again brothers for taking me along. Blessings as you journey!
A blessing to have you with us, Bill!
This was absolutely stunning. I’ve said it before but I’m so glad that Robert Ward told me about your channel.
Thanks so much, Melody! Happy to have you with us!
Beautiful landscape traveling through the canyon! Really enjoy your continued adventures!
Thanks so much, Mark! Have a blessed week!
Your unofficial guide was really cool, by the way! This 360 camera worked really well in the slot canyons. You got some really amazing footage from it. It looked like a really fun hike for all you guys! Thanks for sharing, brother.
Hey Eric, this hike is one of my favorites. Would be cool to do the whole canyon one of these days!
Wow that canyon was impressive! That 360 camera definitely shows some awesome perspectives of the slot canyon. Great video!
Thanks, Nick! This hike imho is one of the best out west!
Most people never get the experience of walking a slot canyon. Thanks for sharing this amazing natural wonder with everyone. Keep up the great videos and love the new camera! John and Bev
Appreciate the kind words! The Lord's best to both of you!
Fabulous hike once more. It is so enjoyable following through some of these amazing locations. It is a shame that rental vehicles cannot reach some of these trailheads but there is so much inspiration you are providing that we can reach. I am making a list of the possible for my next visit. Thanks and have a great week.
Great to hear, my friend! Have a wonderful week!
wow this is one amazing hike!! Roxana and i are a bit too claustrophobic for this kind of slot but we sure love watching you go through it... excellent info from Charlie! spectacular scenes in the sandy canyon, just so beautiful thanks for taking us with you
This is really a special place. Would have enjoyed taking this one to the end!
Randy, If there is a slot canyon, we expect you will hike it! Love the interview with Charlie. The 360-Cam really adds to this video. Petroglyphs in a slot canyon . . . dangerous art. The colors you shared are amazing. THANK YOU FOR TAKING US ALONG, . . . Mike
Thanks for the encouraging words, Mike! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Wow absolutely gorgeous. Amazingly beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Nice meeting Charlie.
Thanks for joining us, Darlene!
Neat you were able to go through the middle of the canyon! Cool video!
Would have enjoyed taking this one to the end!
Wow, I was there in Mid May 2021 and have a picture of that ladder when it was still in Wire Pass ! Amazing to see it wedge up that high further down into Buckskin. And it was completely dry in there when we hiked.
Hey Joey, such a story regarding that ladder!
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Once again a great video .
Thanks for your work and giving us your impressions.
Greetings from.Norway
Best regards Michael
Hello Michael, thanks for the kind words. All the best from the US!
Awesome. Beautiful 😍. Thanks for sharing with us 😀.
Much appreciated Tom!
Magical slot canyon! Getting to the slots from the parking lot can be brutal on a hot day. Randy hiking this area in October is the more cooler time to do this. Randy and his group is such a splendid team. A clear sky day the colors come alive on the rock formations in the slot canyon with the sun light. Bucket list of the best hikes in America or anyone who will soon make a bucket list of the best hikes in America. I m in awe in wondering what Randy has in store to show what hikes on left on his bucket list. We and many others are eager to continually watch Randy, family and friends on their adventure.
Those words blessed my heart, Ephraim! Appreciate you thoughtfulness, kind heart and love for creation! One more Utah video left...
Absolutely stunning! I like Charlie. He's cool. Seems like a good guy to have along on your hike. 😁
That snake was beautiful!
Thanks Alice! Charlie was an unexpected treat!
I did this hike as a backpack back in May(2021). The best section is the last mile before you get to the confluence with Paria Canyon. It should be on everyone's bucket list. There is another bigger rockfall further down the canyon. Thanks for this amazing video! Yet another reason why the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is the best place to hike.
Great comment, Mike! Yes, totally remember that section just outside Paria. In 2020 my wife and hike hiked Paria, took a right and traveled about a mile into that area. Stunning indeed!
truly spectacular....
Thanks for watching!
Absolutely a great video - really captures the essence of these two slot canyons. October is a great time to do this hike. For the latest conditions, stop in the County tourism office in Kanab (on the main street). They can update on the status of the chockstone in WirePass. Last time were there a nice ladder was secured to the rock. This is probably one of the best slot canyon experiences that does not require a lot of expertise and is not difficult to get to. As Charlie says - don't go in the slot canyons if there is rain in the forecast. Thanks again for the awesome video!
If I could get my extended family to move to St George, I think I would.
Appreciate the kind words! Glad you have experienced this amazing place and have enjoyed the southern section of Utah. Good taste! Heard housing prices are skyrocketing in S. George now due to the popularity of the location.
It's another incredible place in United State. Your are a lucky guy...congratulations from Brasil!
Hard to beat this one, my friend! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
From one Jersey guy to another well done Amazing footage I’ve got to get out there headed out to Sedona next week
Hey Scott, great to have fellow Jerseyans visiting the site! :) Enjoy Sedona - beautiful city!
I did Buckskin Gulch solo in the 90’s. The water was cold then and I got cramps . It is an awesome place and one needs to be prepared going in there a little more than other places. Really great shots you did with the camera on the pole.
Thanks so much, Steve! Glad to hear you have enjoyed this gem!
Hello America's Park's😊😊😊, 1 word for you Randy...AMAZING!!!!! I wish I was there hiking with y'all. Incredible video footage👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍...oh wait I forgot to mention, Rainbow Bridge, National Monument😊😊😊😊😊😊😊!
Always room for you on our NP adventures, Al!
A great place Randy …thanks for sharing this adventure 👍😉
This is close to the famous Wave …right ?
Have a great weekend
Serge
H&S 👩❤️👨🌈🇨🇦
Right on, Serge! The Wave is a little down the initial path off to the right. Take care!
Hahaha, I love how you measure a lot of things by football stadium length, lol. A great new friend on this hike.
Think I am where the good Lord wants me, but playing in the NFL was always my dream! :)
Great adventure to hike the slot Canyon
One of the best in the USA. East to reach as well.
Wow 🙏💜
Appreciate that, Rita!
thankyou for teaching me how to hike buckshin gulch
You are welcome! Appreciate you joining us.
Don’t stop at the Buckskin Gulch Trailhead ….. ( yes we did ) . Go past it for a mile or two and park at the Wire Pass Trailhead
Good words, Bret! Wire Pass was awesome in itself!
I’m impressed! Great camera work. I’ve been meaning to get down there for some time. I heard there’s a daredevil down climb short cut. I would love to chat with you about it before I get down there. If I can. Again, very well done, music too!
I dont like the camerawork with the stick in the air all the time
Hey Karl, appreciate that! Enjoying the 360 cam... thanks for introducing me to it! Yeah, busy this week, but give me a call anytime after and we'll talk!
Thought, I'd stop by and said hi and hope the family is doing well!
Hey Kaleb, my NJ friend! All good here... hope the same for you!
Superfundiferus sledgehammered that like button stay safe awesome and blessed enjoyed and shared
Appreciate that, my friend!
Randy do you have one of those cancel out selfie sticks? You got some great cinematic shots of the canyon. Looked like a fun hike. Beautiful area.
Yeah, I use a 10 and 3 foot "disappearing" selfie-stick - pretty amazing toy! I listed both of them and the camera in the video description area. Enjoy your weekend!
Amazing, ever get claustrophobic in there? Incredible scenery!
Hey Gary, no problems in this one. However, the couple really tight ones we did in Escalante (spooky, peek-a-boo) brought on some mild claustrophobic feelings.
Absolutely breathtaking. Now I’ve heard that the Wire Pass is one where you have to have a four by four in order to access it, is that true? I’ve been wanting to do this but scared of doing it alone for sure. Glad you all enjoyed! 😊👀
Hi Jillian, I've been out to Wire Pass twice - the first time with a conventional car. If there hasn't been rain, you should be fine on this road. Might be good to hike this one with a buddy!
We will go this trail next April. Regards from Germany
Nice! Hope the video helped with your planning and anticipation. Have a wonderful time!
Genial video, muy util, estamos por ir por 3 semanas a recorrer esas areas...
Thank you very much for the kind words!
AZ STRIP BLM is epic. 80x200 miles. NV to Vermillion Cliffs.
4600 miles of roads. 750000 miles of barbed wire.
Waiting for Spooky and peek-a-boo 😁😁
Went there in early 2019. Here you go! ruclips.net/video/7R2wt6SY_BQ/видео.html
We hiked Wire Pass and part of Buckskin Gulch Mid Sept 2021. At that time that ladder was at the drop off. So that ladder got washed away in a storm after we went and before you came a month later. That ladder was in the beginning of Wire Pass so it made it a long ways to get that far down Buckskin. We also turned right into Buckskin after exiting Wire Pass but ran into water right away. So we reversed and went left and it was dry. I expected it to be dry all the way to the other entrance into Buckskin along Rock Valley Road.
Enjoyed hearing of your experience, Jerry! The ladder story is pretty amazing!
Hoo-Boy! Wire pass to Buckskin Gulch - this is something I've always want to do! I was so near it during my last trip to the area but alas, the usual, time constraints. This is a major bucket list hike; I really enjoyed your 'eye' in this video. Was that a petroglyph or a pictograph that you showed? Did you get a chance to view my recent Utah painting? (I added a kokopelli image)....also. Kudos to Charlie!
Thanks, Bob, and do hope you'll be able to visit this one! Great hike, all the better with Charlie. Believe those would have been petroglyphs. ...and you are a quite the artist!
That was awesome!! What kind of snake was that??
Thanks, Carol. Not sure on the snake. Zoomed it quite a bit... it seemed like a baby.
How are you doing mister randy happy new year actually ihope you don’t forget me iam Arabic lady citizen and subscriber to several British and American RUclips channels since Christmas 2019 I didn’t send comments from very long time thank you for sharing your trips with us we are foreigners subscribers as overseas students enjoy to explore places unknown to us to increase our cultural level improve our English language as well i gathered key points about place you visited briefly here it’s buckskin gluch also known as buckskin creek or buckskin wash and kaibab gluch is gluch and slot canyon in southern county Utah state near Arizona border it’s one of main tributaries of Paria River which is its self a minor tributary of Colorado River at 13 Miles along buckskin gluch is the longest and deepest slot canyon in southwestern USA possibly longest in world making major attractions for hikers and canyoneers that receives high amount of foot traffic you need permit for day hiking over night trips in Paria canyon and buckskin gluch fee is 6 dollars per person per day for hiking 5 dollars per person per day over night trips it’s great trail for all level for hikers and the scenery is great there are more than 1000 slot canyons in desert of Utah
Welcome back! You are really leaning al lot about the USA! Excellent research!
fan-DAMN-tastic!
Thanks, Frank! Glad you enjoyed the video.
This hike truly has a other worldly feel to it. God created a beautiful world.
Amen to that, my friend! Blessed eyes to see the Creator!
Awesome hike! Was wondering if you could do the full hike then camp and come back the next day? Is there a camp spot that would be allowed?
Yeah, people do camp in the canyon - either your idea or straight through with another car waiting for the return trip. There are some places (one seen at the end of this video) where the ground is significantly elevated. I am almost 100% positive you will need to secure a permit if you camp.
No camping allowed in Buckskin Gulch, only in Paria Canyon. A permit is required, and hard to get, for overnight camping in Paria Canyon.
Slot canyons have to be one of the coolest natural feature on earth. Can't wait to explore one someday. There was a moment when you entered the cathedral, when a question popped up that I thought I'd ask. Have you ever been in a natural setting and thought "This would be a cool place to hold a sermon" while in the moment or in hindsight? Much love to you my friend
Nice comments...you always have interesting things to say on Pastor Randy's treks.
@@bobross9623 You are too kind Bob :) Thank you
Right on! With the beauty and natural amplification, that would be my kind of church! Yet even without the congregation, still proclaiming the greatness of God! :)
@@bobross9623 Very true words, Bob!
@@AmericasParks Would have expected nothing less
Wow what a spectacular hike! What kind of snake was that? I think that might have been where I turned around ;o
haha! Yeah, not sure on the species. It was rather small, think it was a baby.
Was here in June, 2021. I can’t believe what happened to that ladder. I thought it was pretty solid!
Interesting.. . Really illustrates the force of the water rushing through the canyon. Glad you experienced this gem!
We were there on may , 2021. There was ladder. Yes it was solid
Amercia's! top ,
Thanks for watching!
Wow~😊
Very great video.
Thanks for sharing.
I want to be a warm neighbor.
Have a day full of love and happy🧡🧡😊💕🌺💯
Appreciate your beautiful words! Have a blessed week!
When was it filmed? In fall?
Yes, October 20, 2021.
Whoa - incredibly beautiful! But slot canyons give me the heebie jeebies! 😂
Thankfully, this one wan't too narrow for long stretch (unlike the ones we did a couple years ago at Escalante).
Is this something we can do in like a half day? is it worth it if the time is limited?
It really depends how deep into the canyon you wish to go. If you move, you should be able to enjoy this location in a half day.
How long did it take you to do the whole hike?
It was for the most part a full-day adventure - about 7 hours (casual pace with time to film).
Question! I’m headed out west in less than two weeks! Are there any peaks, 14ers, 13ers etc…that can be hiked in the winter? I’ll be in Utah, Arizona, Nevada and Utah! I have crampons, snow shoes, poles and micro spikes! I’ve hiked a few 14ers in Colorado in the winter so I am somewhat experienced!
I know humphreys is a possibility in Arizona!
Would love to help, but I do not do much mountain climbing. Ask my friend Karl @"Hike, Bike, Climb." Tell him Randy from "America's Parks" send you... ruclips.net/user/HikeBikeClimb
@@AmericasParks sounds good! Thank you so much!
Is this good for kids?
They'd probably be fine. A little tough to reach on a dirt road, hot (have water and proper clothing), and one 10-foot ledge that needs to be negotiated. I know my kids would have loved it!
Last part of my research attractions such as wire pass trail Paria river canyon hiking trail south coyote buttes Kanab trail head coral pink sand dun cotton wood canyon and the most important things slot canyons are dangerous due to risk of flash floods storms more than 50 miles away can send 100 foot high wall of water down narrow canyons hikers have been killed in such events and finally buckskin gluch is reached via either us route 89 in Utah or us route 89a USA in Arizona roughly half way between towns of Kanab Utah page Arizona there are four access route to canyon thank you for your cultural channel you are as guide tourists for all people around world not only USA citizens hopefully this global pandemic soon amen all of us are suffering stay safe blessed bon voyage good luck to you your dearest ones
All the best to you! Stay healthy and filled with joy!
Wow - try punctuation.
First
Way to go, Brittney! :)
Love the views!!
@@juliesmith444 Similar to Paria!
What time of year did you hike Buckskin Gulch?
It was October 20, 2021
Charlie resembles every lone senior man on the flip side of middle age I encounter on the trail. They wear khakis pants, a brimmed hat, sunglasses, hiking boots, and use ski poles. I acknowledge their existence by nodding, saying ‘Hello’, or bid them ‘Good morning’ and nothing. They don’t look at me, they don’t respond, and they look angry that I exist. I shrug and feel lucky that at least I wasn’t murdered. Enjoy your day hermit.
The visual description is spot on, thankful Charlie was kind-hearted and a joy to be with for a good portion of the day.
I know Charlie. This quote describes him.
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.
I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no “brief candle” for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
George Bernard Shaw
Oops, I sent same pic twice to your Gmail site...sorry, not a tech maven!
Great artwork, Bob! Would love to cruise the desert in that car! :)
Out of this worl🌍!! Do not miss out = P-R-O-M-O-S-M!!
Thanks, Clifford! Have a super weekend!
This place has suffered heinously from yuppie, enviropreneur self-promoters and social media exploitation. On the plus side, you managed to miss all the dinosaurs and nearly all the petroglyphs.
Thanks for the feedback, Gerald.