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Wire Pass Trailhead

Kane County, UT

Approximate location — plotted from published sources, not a site visit, and not a guarantee of access.

Primary public gateway into Wire Pass slot and the confluence with Buckskin Gulch—one of the Colorado Plateau’s longest continuous slot systems—on the Utah edge of the Paria Canyon–Vermilion Cliffs wilderness. Short narrows of striped Navajo Sandstone before the deeper Buckskin corridor; day-use permits required.

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RegionKane County, UT
Coordinates (approx.)37.0191, -112.0249
SlotWire Pass → Buckskin Gulch
ManagerBLM / Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs
PermitDay-use fee per person (and dog)
RoadHouse Rock Valley Road (~8.3 mi dirt)

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