Gallery: Hiking Paria Canyon all the way to Lees Ferry

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Hikers follow the silty Paria River on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016.

Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune

Peter Wagner stops for a break while hiking along the Paria River on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. The last reliable spring is 13 miles from Lee's Ferry, so hikers should plan to carry at least a gallon of water.

Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune

Sunlight peeks into the narrows of Buckskin Gulch on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016.

Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune

Sunlight peeks into the narrows of Buckskin Gulch on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. Days after a rainstorm, water levels were waist-deep at spots.

Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune

Rock formations and scenery changes each day while hiking along the Paria River on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016.

Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune

Peter Wagner and Maurice Bürgin filter water from a spring Monday, Sept. 26, 2016.

Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune

A view of the Milky Way over rock cliffs where Buckskin Gulch becomes the Paria River, near the Utah-Arizona border, on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016.

Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune

Peter Wagner walks through clay and water as sunlight peeks into the narrows of Buckskin Gulch on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016.

Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune

Maurice Bürgin, Kristopherson Sloan and Peter Wagner explore a crack in the Paria Canyon called "The Hole" on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016.

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Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Hikers follow the silty Paria River on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Hikers follow the silty Paria River on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Peter Wagner stops for a break while hiking along the Paria River on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. The last reliable spring is 13 miles from Lee's Ferry, so hikers should plan to carry at least a gallon of water. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Hikers follow the silty Paria River on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Sunlight peeks into the narrows of Buckskin Gulch on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Sunlight peeks into the narrows of Buckskin Gulch on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Sunlight peeks into the narrows of Buckskin Gulch on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. Days after a rainstorm, water levels were waist-deep at spots. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Rock formations and scenery changes each day while hiking along the Paria River on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Peter Wagner and Maurice Bürgin filter water from a spring Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Sunlight peeks into the narrows of Buckskin Gulch on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. Days after a rainstorm, water levels were waist-deep at spots. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Sunlight peeks into the narrows of Buckskin Gulch on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune A view of the Milky Way over rock cliffs where Buckskin Gulch becomes the Paria River, near the Utah-Arizona border, on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Hikers follow the silty Paria River on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Peter Wagner walks through clay and water as sunlight peeks into the narrows of Buckskin Gulch on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune Maurice Bürgin, Kristopherson Sloan and Peter Wagner explore a crack in the Paria Canyon called "The Hole" on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016.

The Salt Lake Tribune

· October 5, 2016 11:18 am

This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2016, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.

Last month, Salt Lake Tribune photographer Lennie Mahler and his friends hiked Paria Canyon — the winding, red, Navajo sandstone canyon that begins in southern Utah — to Lees Ferry in Arizona.

It was a 44-mile, 4-day haul through some of the greatest scenery in the American Southwest. Here's a photo gallery from Mahler's hike.

Watch for details in a future Utah Hike of the Week.