Coyote Buttes
36.981944444444 - 112.01388888889Koordinaten: 36 ° 58 ' 55 "N, 112 ° 0' 50 " W
The Coyote Buttes are mostly situated in the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument Mountain Range.
Location and territory
The Coyote Buttes form the western edge of the Paria Plateau, which is referred to in some sources as the Sandhills. It is east and south of the Poverty Flats, north and west of Coyote Wash, which the House Rock Valley or the Wire Pass is here limited. The largest amount of Coyote Buttes is achieved with 1932 m. You are in the Coconino County in the (Arizona ) located Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, only the extreme north extends to the Grand Staircase- Escalante National Monument, and thus the Kane County, Utah.
As part of the Paria Canyon - Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, this shall not constitute a geomorphological uniform massif, but under the name of Coyote Buttes, a large number of small surveys is summarized.
Geology
The Coyote Buttes are part of the Colorado Plateau, which is typical for this region rocks are also to be found here in part. Only on the western edge of the area where erosion by the temporary water leading Coyote Wash was accelerated, contact rocks of the Chinle, the Moenave and the Kayenta Formation -a-days, otherwise determine several hundred meters thick layers of differently colored Navajo sandstone the appearance. This is mostly fossilized dunes of the Triassic or Jurassic, teepees are characteristic beyond towering, called hill.
In the area of Coyote Buttes there are no permanent sources and no permanent watercourses after heavy - usually in midsummer take place - rain form temporary watercourses, which usually the Coyote Wash and thus on the Buckskin Gulch flow to the Paria River. This usually dry riverbeds separate the individual mountain ranges from one another, moreover, there is greater sandy or rocky plateaus.
Administration and access
The Coyote Buttes are managed by the Kanab Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management, the nearest ranger station is located close to Highway 89 near the bridge over the Paria River.
The area is strictly protected because of its unique and sometimes quite fragile sandstone formations. In order to penetrate into the heart of the Wilderness, you need a four-wheel drive vehicle in the south and is available at the Coyote Buttes North to the visitor a more hour hike through open terrain before. Markings do not exist and are destroyed by Ranger. For both sub-areas also requires an access permit ( Permit). Only a maximum of 20 people per day will be granted in the North and the South Zone of access. Half of the Coyote Buttes North Permits for will be given four months in advance by Internet lottery and the rest of the day before the hike in the Grand Staircase- Escalante Visitor Center in Kanab. Significantly lighter you get most of the permits for the Coyote Buttes South ( in the visitor center the day before or three months in advance on the internet by calendar reservation).
The two starting points ( Trailheads ) for the walks in the Coyote Buttes North area are located on the dirt House Rock Valley Road, west of the Coyote Buttes the runs in the valley of Coyote Wash and Highway 89 with Highway 89A connects. They are in good weather usually accessible even with a passenger car. The vast majority of people start from the Wire Pass Trailhead, as the walk is starting much impassable and demanding from Notch Trailhead. The main attraction of the northern part is the large, undulating rock formation The Wave, and is located about four kilometers from the parking lot at the Wire Pass.
The Coyote Buttes South are only accessible through miles of deep sandy tracks. The main access roads branch off near the Lone Tree Reservoir and Bowman 's Corral of the House Rock Valley Road to the east. These slopes are passable only with four-wheel vehicles, and lead almost to the southern core zones approach (Paw Hole, or the more impressive Cottonwood Teepees ).
- Coyote Buttes
Cottonwood Teepees
Paw Hole Teepees
Second Wave