Coyote Buttes Information

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MAKE YOUR OWN RESERVATION. click here. Wait! That link stopped working recently (Dec 2001), so you will have to try: Arizona Strip Interpretive Association at 435-688-3230. Once you have obtained a date, you will have to make a reservation and pay a fee (presently $5 per person). The application and fee should be mailed to Paria Permits, NAU, Box 15018, Flagstaff, AZ 86011. Or FAX with a credit card payment to 520-523-0585. You may also reserve a permit in person up to seven days prior to the available date at the Paria Ranger Station on Route 89, just west of Page, Arizona. Organized Groups: Groups size is limited to six people. If you are leading such a group, you will have to obtain a special permit. Contact the Kanab Resource Area, 318 North 100 East, Kanab, UT 84741; 435-644-2672. You will have to fill out a special application (90 days prior to trip date), obtain insurance, and pay a fee based on 3% of the fee charge your clients or a minimum of $75.00. Rules may change in the future so check with the Kanab office for more details.

GPS coordinates for the trailhead at WirePass 37N 01' 06" 112W 01' 31"

Finding the wave: Click on this map. Look for a thin blue line weaving its way from the bottom of the map toward the upper right. as you go up you see some numbers on the right of it. I think the wave is very close to the 5208. closest gps coordinates: 112W 00' 31" 36N 59' 43" is my best guess

Rough directions

From the wirepass trailhead follow the trail down the drainage for somewhat more than about a half mile when you'll see a sign on the right that says "To Buckskin Gulch" If the sign has disappeared, you'll definitely see a wide trail going up the hill to the right. You should take that trail until you get to the top where you should see a trail register. Continue on the trail as it takes you over soft sand and finally drops about 15-20 feet into a second drainage. No trail goes from here.

you can then go straight across the drainage and up the slickrock finding the easiest path, or go down the drainage a bit and then up the slickrock. Once you get over that ridge you should traverse south/southeast trying not to lose any elevation. You shouldn't have any dramatic climbs or drops, though you will find yourself walking down and back up a small drainage. As you proceed you'll see some bacon and cones on the right which you might explore. Continuing on the slickrock, you will eventually see far ahead a chunk of rock that resembles a solitary thumb sticking out of the hillside. You'll walk toward that general direction and eventually should find yourself walking the slickrock below it and eventuallly in the soft sand mixed with Indian rice grass and wildflowers (in April, May and June) This puts you into the final gully before you have to climb up to the wave. walk up the drainage until about 200 feet short of where it narrows. Look for a path up the hill to the left and take it. The Wave awaits you after climbing about 100-150 vertical feet.