Hiking and Exploring the Paria River Book

	Acknowledgments and The Author	4
	Introduction to the Paria River Country	5
	Local Towns and Facilities	5
	Road Report	6
	Emergency Provisions for your Car	7
	Off Road Vehicles	7
	Best Time to Hike	7
	Flash Flood Frequency--Graph	8
	Drinking Water	8
	Insect Season	8
	Equipment for Day-Hikes	9
	Equipment for Overnight Hikes	9
	Boots or Shoes	9
	Hiking Rules & Regulations--BCNP, Paria R.	9
	Coyote Buttes Information	10
	Visitor Use in the Lower Paria River Gorge	11
	Hiking Maps for the Paria River Country	11
	Fotography in Deep, Dark, Slot Canyons	12
	Index to Topographic Maps--Paria River C.	13
	Grand Staircase-Escalante NM (GSENM)	16
	BLM, National Park, Canyoneering Inform	16
	Warning--Don't Blame Me	18
	Metric Conversion Table	19
	Map Symbols and Abbreviations	20
	Reference--Index Map of Hikes	21
	Hiking Section--Hike Numbers and Map Numbers are the same	22
1.	Canaan Peak	22
2.	Table Cliff Plateau & Powell Point	24
3.	Fairyland Trail, Bryce Canyon NP	26
4.	Navajo-Peekaboo Trails, Bryce CNP	30
5.	Under-the-Rim Trail, Bryce Canyon NP	32
6.	Riggs Spring Loop Trail, Bryce CNP	34
7.	Bull Valley G., Willis Ck. & Averett C.	36
8.	Bullrush, Tank, Deer Range & Lick C.	44
9.	Mollies Nipple, Burch R., CCC Camp	52
10.	Kitchen Canyon, Nipple Ranch & L.	60
11.	Deer Creek Slots & Oak Canyon	70
12.	Hogeye+Starlight Canyons, Carlow R.	80
13.	Cannonville Slot Canyons	84
14.	Kodachrome Basin Trails	86
15.	Road Map-Rock Springs Bench+H.	88
16.	Johnson H.+Asay Canyons, Red Slot	90
17.	Johnson Hole, Snake Ck., CCC Trail	96
18.	Upper Paria River Gorge	102
19.	Death Valley Draw, U. Hackberry+U. Tr	112
20.	Round Valley Draw, U. Entry Hackberry	116
21.	Booker Canyon	120
22.	Stone Donkey Canyon	124
23.	Hackberry Canyon & the Watson Cabin	128
24.	Upper Cottonwood Wash Narrows	134
25.	Upper Rush Beds Trails & Old Oil Well	136
26.	L. Rush Beds, Yellow R., Hidden Cache	142
27.	Hattie Green Mine & Fivemile Ranch	154
28A + B.	Rimrocks + Wahweap Toadstools	158
29.	The Buckskin & Paria R. Loop--Part 1	164
30.	Lower Paria River Gorge--Part 2	174
31.	Lower Paria River Gorge--Part 3	187
32.	Lower Paria River Gorge--Part 4	193
33.	North Rim Hikes--L. Paria River G.	206
34.	Dominguez+Spencer Trails & Lee's F.	210
35.	Coyote Buttes	214
36A + B.	Sand Hills, Bonelli Sp., SH Ran.	222
	The Henrieville CCC Camp	234
	Sheep and Sheep Shearing Corrals	240
	The Story of John D. Lee and the Mountain Meadows Massacre (Map 37)	244
	History of Ghost Towns along the Paria River (Maps 38 & 39)	254
	Geology of the Paria River Basin & Geology Cross-Section	270
	Mining History: The Paria River Drainage (Map 40)	274
	Bryce Valley and Skutumpah Road Ranches (Map Only--Map 41)	285
	Further Reading	286
	Other Guide Books by the Author	287
	Distributors for Kelsey Publishing	288