Coyote Buttes North Hike, March 21, 2008

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Sunrise on our camp just above the Wire Pass parking area

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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After a hike of about a mile down Wire Pass wash and across several ridges of orange sand, we reached the slickrock. We were on rock for the rest of the day until the last mile back out.

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Little buttes of sandstone

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Lots of strange sandstone formations, not much vegetation.

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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These colorful teepees mark the entrance to The Wave.

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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View back to the northeast. Buckskin Gulch lies behind all the red sandstone teepees out there.

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Striped flanks of the little buttes by the Wave.

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Dead or dying scorpion. Do not touch!

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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The lower end of the Wave.

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Lower end of the Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Water melted from recent snowfall in the floor of the Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Reflections

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Daniel in a branch of the Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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View up a branch of the Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Daniel in a branch of the Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Main channel of the Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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The Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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The Wave from above

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Looking down into the Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Daniel in the main channel of the Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Looking down the Wave. Man seated, wearing a cowboy hat, gives a sense of scale.

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Eroded outcrop above the Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Stripes in sandstone west of the Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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More strange sandstone formations west of the Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Three striped buttes west of the Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Striped valley west of the Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Striped valley west of the Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Striped slopes west of the Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Odd outcrops west of the Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Odd outcrops west of the Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Dune in wind-carved bowl up on top of the ridge south of the Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Dune and clump of oak in the wind-bowl

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Dune and oak in the wind-bowl

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Dune and striated sandstone in the wind-bowl

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Carved sandstone and small pool of water in the wind-bowl

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Carved sandstone and small pool of water in the wind-bowl

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Carved sandstone in the wind-bowl

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Carved sandstone and sand under the arches

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Arches formed by wind eroding out the walls of another bowl

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Another view of the arches

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Arch from inside the bowl

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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View down on the ridge which rises just SW of the Wave. Hiking up that was fun.

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Daniel back in the Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Little-leaf Mountain Mahogany, sandstone and sand below and west of the Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Quicksand in the gully/wash below the Wave

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Sandstone patterns in the slope across the valley from the Wave, near the dinosaur tracks

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Secluded sandstone bowl about a mile north and a little west of the Wave. Although this is not far of the route in to the Wave, I don't think many people venture up here.

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Another unusual sandstone pattern

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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This outcrop of intersecting ribs of harder sandstone from which the softer matrix sandstone has eroded away reminded Daniel of a crashed spaceship.

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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More crashed spaceships

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Fins (3-6" tall) in sandstone

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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More fins (1-3" tall) in the same area

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Daniel in the big sandstone bowl, resting and reading while I hiked up to the crashed spaceships

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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This traverse was significantly more sketchy than it appears in this photo. I crossed it fairly easily but Daniel's running shoes didn't grip as well as my Merrell Moab Ventilators. A fall would have been like sliding down a 40' strip of sandpaper so his trepidation was justified.

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Orthogonally-fractured mounds like these occurred in a number of places throughout the area we explored, usually surrounded by extensive beds of striped sandstone.

Photos from hike into the Coyote Buttes North area from Wire Pass, UT/AZ

Coyote Buttes North is an area of fantastic sandstone formations south of the Wire Pass trailhead to Buckskin Gulch. A permit from the BLM Pariah ranger station is required to enter the area and access is restricted to about 30 people per day. The highlight is a short wind-carved gully of striped sandstone called "The Wave" but there are many other amazing oddites to discover in the area. We wandered around for about seven hours taking photographs and marveling at the strange structures eroded in the sandstone by wind and water.

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Daniel in front of a snowmelt pool below the secluded sandstone bowl