http://www.livetheoutdoors.com/outdoors-info/2006/02/25/buckskin-gulch-kanab-ut/ Utah Outdoors, Back Country, Utah Hiking, Utah Travel, Outdoors Information, Backcountry, Utah Vacation, Good Things Utah, Utah National Park Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:59:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://www.livetheoutdoors.com/outdoors-info/2006/02/25/buckskin-gulch-kanab-ut/#comment-26 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 03:59:37 +0000 http://www.livetheoutdoors.com/outdoors-info/2006/02/25/buckskin-gulch-kanab-ut/#comment-26 Sweet, thanks for the info! What you described is a little more comforting. I was picturing me having to dip by whole body in some sort of bile-like substance. Thigh-deep is manageable. That definitely means that I will be giving my wife a piggyback ride, though. Sweet, thanks for the info! What you described is a little more comforting. I was picturing me having to dip by whole body in some sort of bile-like substance. Thigh-deep is manageable. That definitely means that I will be giving my wife a piggyback ride, though.

]]> http://www.livetheoutdoors.com/outdoors-info/2006/02/25/buckskin-gulch-kanab-ut/#comment-25 Sun, 26 Feb 2006 22:41:21 +0000 http://www.livetheoutdoors.com/outdoors-info/2006/02/25/buckskin-gulch-kanab-ut/#comment-25 A friend of mine did this hike and didn't mention that the Cesspool was all that bad. If you are serious about this hike you should really look at the discription in "Utah's Favorite Hiking Trails" 2nd edition by David Day. It is a very reliable guide book and has a great section on Buckskin Gultch. This book says this about the Cesspool... "Many of these pools contain rotting vegetation and are foul smelling. The largest of these pools has been named, appropriately enough, the Cesspool. Wading through the pools can be a revolting experience, but fortunately they are rarely more than thigh deep." The cesspool is about 6.5 mile in so if you only do a day hike you probably won't get to it before turning around. The book does recomend bringing a small air mattress to float your pack on the deeper pools later in the hike, and bringing a 30-foot length of rope to get down a rockfall near the end of Buckskin Gultch. I hope this helps and good luck! A friend of mine did this hike and didn’t mention that the Cesspool was all that bad. If you are serious about this hike you should really look at the discription in “Utah’s Favorite Hiking Trails” 2nd edition by David Day. It is a very reliable guide book and has a great section on Buckskin Gultch. This book says this about the Cesspool… “Many of these pools contain rotting vegetation and are foul smelling. The largest of these pools has been named, appropriately enough, the Cesspool. Wading through the pools can be a revolting experience, but fortunately they are rarely more than thigh deep.” The cesspool is about 6.5 mile in so if you only do a day hike you probably won’t get to it before turning around. The book does recomend bringing a small air mattress to float your pack on the deeper pools later in the hike, and bringing a 30-foot length of rope to get down a rockfall near the end of Buckskin Gultch. I hope this helps and good luck!

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