Buckskin Gulch conditions?

[Brian Dickson]

Hi,
My wife and I are coming over from Scotland to Utah next Saturday and are hoping to start our holiday off by hiking down Buckskin Gulch into the Paria in southern Utah soon after. I wonder if anyone has been down there recently and has a report on the conditions? Are there any deep pools or mud after the flood season or is it pretty dry?

Thanks for your help!

Brian

 

[LarryBoy]

Welcome B&M! It's been super dry this year so I suspect you won't have any problems. That said, I don't know whether or not the Rabbit Hole is open this year. Bring some cord to lower packs just in case.

 

[Brian Dickson]

That's useful thanks Larry...we will give it a go and take a cord. I guess the dry conditions are not good for the area overall though!
Brian

 

[fossana]

You might give the ranger station a call when you get in. They are generally quite helpful.

 

[MrDoughnuts]

Any updates on the conditions.. Did they receive a lot of rain down there the last couple of days?

Thanks

 

[fossana]

Kanab's weather station isn't reporting precip for whatever reason. Here is Page's. At least near Zion the major storm that was supposed to hit Mon/Tue then settle down Thu/Fri pushed out and we got our first major dump yesterday. More rain is expected over the weekend.

 

[LarryBoy]

@MrDoughnuts best thing to do will be to call the BLM in Kanab; they will have much more up to date conditions reports than a bunch of random people on the internet. They should also have a report on House Rock Valley Road conditions.

 

[Brian Dickson]

Just to say we went into Buckskin last Sunday. We turned round after about an hour as there were continuous muddy pools thigh deep. We had a great time on the slabs north of Buckskin instead. Since then there has been a lot of rain in southern utah and the temp has dropped. It has been snowing raining most of the day in Bryce today.