With its headwaters over 40 miles away in the Pink Cliffs of Bryce Canyon National Park, Buckskin Gulch is located in the heart of the Paria Canyon Wilderness Area of southern Utah. This 12-mile long canyon contains some of the most beautiful Navajo Sandstone narrows on the Colorado Plateau. In its lower end just above its confluence with the Paria River, these Navajo sandstone walls rise to nearly 400 feet. Small seeps come and go along the sandy canyon floor except for the brief moments when this canyon is filled with wall-to-wall raging floodwaters from summer thunderstorms. The cool, damp climate of the canyon bottom stands in stark contrast to the harsh and windswept landscape far above on the canyon rims. The waters of the Paria River flow south and drain into the Colorado River at the head of Marble Canyon and Grand Canyon National Park. This photograph was captured on 6x7 format film. All photos in these galleries may be ordered as fine art framed prints or for stock photography usage.