Paria Canyon
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Paria Canyon—a set of magnificent slot canyons that drain from Utah down through northern Arizona to the Grand Canyon—is the focus of popular multi-day canyoneering expeditions. Paria Canyon and 293,000 acres of surrounding desert grasslands are now protected as Vermilion Cliffs National Monument. Although the monument spreads south from the Utah–Arizona border, access to the monument’s most famous sites is through back roads in Utah. In addition to the long Paria Canyon backpacking route, some shorter but strenuous day hikes explore this area.
For more information, contact the Kanab Visitors Center (745 East Hwy. 89, Kanab, 435/644-4680, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. daily mid-Mar.–mid-Nov., Mon.–Fri. 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. mid-Nov.–mid-Mar.) or stop at the Paria Contact Station, near Milepost 21 on U.S. 89.
© W.C. McRae and Judy Jewell from Moon Utah, 8th Edition
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