Canyoneering Route Description

Pipe Spring Canyon - 3A III
Zion National Park, Utah.

Quick Facts

08-03-12, 4 people, 1 Day (Travel time in route 8 hours) Pictures Icon
07-18-20, 3 people, 1 Day (Travel time in route 7.75 hours)

Time Required - 7 to 9 hours
Distance - 4.9 miles Total, 0.2 miles Technical
Rappels - 8 Rappels, Longest Rappel 180 feet.
Elevation Range - 7470 - 5890 Feet
Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - Passenger Permit Required - No

Gear Used for Canyon

Rappelling and anchor gear, Ropes and or pull cords for rappels up to 180 feet and 90 feet of 1 inch webbing for sling placement.

General Comments

Part way up the infamous MIA Exit, the route goes by the bottom of a side canyon sometimes referred to as the MIA slot.  Pipe Spring Canyon is that MIA Slot.  Exiting Pipe Springs Canyon uses the last portion of the standard MIA Exit.

The hike into the top of Pipe Springs Canyon and the hike out after going up the steep hill of the MIA Exit uses a web of roads weaving through the area.  There are multiple ways through these roads.  The route described here is the most direct.

Pipe Spring Canyon has some amazingly beautiful narrow slots sections that are very worth checking out.  If you are in need of a semi-short day and want to see some great deep narrow slot slots, Pipe Springs is the ticket.   Wet suits are not needed but you may have thigh deep water in a few spots.

Driving Directions

To get to the Trailhead

From the South Gate of Zion National Park, drive about 14 miles west on highway 9 to the turn off for the Kolob Reservoir Road.  Follow the Kolob Reservoir Road 20.1 miles to the turn off for Lava Point (extLavaPoint).  Turn right and follow Lava Point Road 2.2 miles to the West Rim Trailhead (tWestRimN).  There are few roads around Lava Point which may mislead but there are signs that will point you toward the West Rim Trailhead at Lava Point where your route will begin.

To leave the Exit Vehicle / Escape Pod

No exit vehicle is needed.  This is done as a loop route.

Maps

GPS coordinate information listed at the bottom.  For information about waypoint naming and map symbols, refer to the Glossary page.

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Map of the entire route.
Map Zoomed in to show tech section and first half of exit.

Details

The Approach:
From the West Rim Trailhead at Lava Point (tWestRimN), do not follow the West Rim Trail.  Instead walk east along a dirt road about 180 feet to a gate (wMIAgate).  Do not drive past this gate. You may find the gate locked on your return. Continue walking east along the dirt road.

About 0.8 miles farther is a faint old logging road (wBoundaryRP-01) that branches off to the left (north) which can be followed into Boundary Canyon.  This road will likely be passed un-noticed as you go into Pipe Spring Canyon.  Pass this old logging road staying on the main dirt road.

About 0.3 miles farther is a junction in the road (wMIA-RP-15), stay left at this fork continuing east.

About 500 feet farther is a tee in the road (wMIA-RP-14), turn right at this tee and continue southeast.

About 0.22 miles farther is a gate nailed to a tree with Top King welded into it (wMIA-RP-13Gate), continue southeast down the road.

Note: This gate also marks the park boundary. To the west toward the West Rim Trailhead is in the park.

About 0.2 miles farther is a junction (wMIA-RP-12), stay straight (left) and continue down the road to the southeast. Do not turn right onto the side road going south.

About 0.2 miles farther is a fork in the road (wMIA-RP-11), stay straight (left) and continue down the road to the southeast as the road becomes less traveled. Do not turn right onto the side road going south.

About 500 feet farther is a bend (wMIA-RP-10) in the road,  follow the bend to the right and travel down the road to the south.

About 400 feet farther is another bend (wMIA-RP-09) in the road,  follow the bend the left and continue southeast down the road.

About 200 feet farther the faint road you are on meets a well graded wide dirt road (wMIA-RP-08), turn right and follow the well graded road down to the southwest.

About 200 feet farther is a junction in the road (sPipeSpring) with a sign for Lady Bug and Lower Campground.  There used to be a pipe with flowing spring water but has since been removed.  To go to Pipe Spring Canyon, follow the road going down to the southeast for about 450 feet to where the road becomes less traveled and fades to trail.

About 450 feet farther is a small clearing in the road where a trail (jPipeSpringCyn) leads away from the road down the steep slope on the left (north) into Pipe Spring Canyon. There may be a picnic table and various signs since this is used by the church as youth recreation spot. Turn left (north) and scramble down into Pipe Springs Canyon. As you scramble into the canyon you may find various ropes, ladders and other items placed to make travel up and down the steep walls easier.

At the bottom of the scramble down you are in Pipe Spring Canyon ready to play (yPipeSpringTp).

The Canyoneering / Technical Section:
Once down in Pipe Spring Canyon (yPipeSpringTp) continue a short distance east down canyon through sections of vegetation for about 80 feet to rap 1.

Rap 1 (dPipeSpR1-2) Rap 1, anchored from large pine tree on LDC side and drops about 90 feet into a narrow slot.

Rap 2, at the bottom of rap 1, anchored LDC from 2 bolted hangers head high and drops about 100 feet.

Note: On my first visit the bolts for rap 2 were not present and we combined raps 1 and 2 as a single 190 foot rap

Down canyon of rap 2 are a few short easy downclimbs of 5 or 6 feet over about 150 feet down to the next rappel.

Rap 3 (dPipeSpR3) is anchored head high RDC from 1 piton and one bolted anchor and drops about 50 feet down a very cool fluted slot.

Down canyon of rap 3 is a very pretty section of slot to walk / scramble through with lots of small log debris in spots.  Almost 200 feet down canyon the walls open up to a vegetated section and a short walk over to the next rap.

Rap 4(dPipeSpR4) is anchored from a tree up on the LDC ledge and drops about 35 feet down a fluted chute down into more deep feeling slot.

A short distance down canyon is a large chock stone in the wash that may have webbing on it to assist with a 20 foot downclimb. The downclimb is well featured but does have slick walls so care should be taken not to slip. At the bottom of the downclimb is the top of the next rap.

Rap 5 (dPipeSpR5-6) at the bottom of a fluted downclimb, is anchored LDC from 1 piton and 1 bolted hanger and drops about 160 or 180 feet depending on the anchor chosen for the next rappel.  At about 160 feet is a ledge system you can traverse RDC to a large tree anchor (stay on rope while traversing the ledge). Or you can continue slightly LDC down the main water course using about 180 feet of rope to a small pocket in the wall with a set of two bolted hangers.

Rap 6, at the bottom of rap 5, drops about 110 feet if using the large tree from the ledge or about 95 feet if using the bolted hangers a farther down.

Note: 
Both anchor options for rap 5 (the tree on the ledge or the bolts in the rock pocket) have room for 2 people and would be awkward for more. Having enough rope to have both rappels active at the same will help larger groups play through this set more fluidly. 
Note: 
I have not had issues with but have been told that some have had their ropes from rap 5 get stuck when pulling the ropes down from the tree anchor for rap 6.

Shortly down canyon of rap 6 the start of a very pretty narrows about 4 feet wide with a few downclimbs before reaching rap 7.

Rap 7 (dPipeSpR7) is anchored LDC from a single bolted hanger and drops about 10 feet. Can be handlined easily.  Continuing down canyon are a couple more quick easy downclimbs before reaching the next rap about 100 feet down canyon.

Rap 8 (dPipeSpR8) is anchored LDC from a single bolted anchor and drops about 15 feet. From here it is about 150 feet to the end of the canyon with a couple short downclimbs between.  The end of the canyon is about 150 feet down canyon (yPipeSpringBt) with a couple of downclimbs of 6 to 8 feet along the way.

The Exit:
From the bottom of Pipe Spring Canyon (yPipeSpringBt), turn left and start northwest up the drainage.

About 200 feet farther is a fork (wMIA-RP-06) in drainage as you go up the MIA Exit. At this fork look to the left (south) of the left fork to find then follow up a steep use trail up to the west. The trail roughly follows the side of the left fork of the drainage going up steep dirt slopes through vegetation. After about 300 feet the use trails level off slightly and become more easily traveled along the base of the cliff wall. Once on better trail near the base of the cliff wall, continue up about 250 more feet to where the trail crosses over the large drainage you have been roughly following.

Note:
From this fork up to the dirt roads above is about 650 feet of elevation gain over about 1000 horizontal feet.
The first 300 feet is steep and as of 2020 is beginning to erode significantly into sections of steep soft sand.

As the use trail crosses (wMIA-RP-07) a shelf in the drainage / ravine to the other side. Looking up from here you will see the sheer rock wall of the canyon then a prominent rock outcropping slightly to the right up near the rim. The view may be obscured by trees so keep an eye out. To the right of the rock out cropping is a tall dead tree. After crossing the ravine continue west up the steep hill in thicker vegetation and much less obvious use trail. There is no one best way up this last 450 feet of steep loose hill side. Be very careful of loose rock and sandy ledges.

Note: In years past there used to be 3 tall dead trees you could see up on the rim, which made for a great landmark. As of 2020 two of the trees have fallen and there is now just one tall dead tree making the landmark less noteworthy.

View of approx last part of the climb.
This is a view of the out cropping and the approximate route up the last part of the climb.

Once up on the large well graded dirt road (jMIA-climb/rd) turn left walking south up the well graded dirt road for about 360 feet to find an old no longer used road on the right (west).

Note:
There are multiple ways through the web of roads back to the West Rim Trailhead.  The route described is the most direct route.

Once you find the old not well used road (wMIA-RP-08) going up the hill to the right (west), turn right and leave the main dirt road and walk west up the semi steep not well used road.

About 200 feet up the old side road is a bend in the road (wMIA-RP-09), follow the bend to the right and continue north up the road.

About 425 feet farther is another bend in the road (wMIA-RP-10),  follow the bend to the left and travel up the road to the northwest.

A little over 500 feet farther is a fork in the road (wMIA-RP-11), stay straight (right) and continue up the road to the northwest. Do not turn left onto the side road going south.

About 0.2 miles up the road is a junction (wMIA-RP-12), stay straight (right) and continue up the road to the northwest. Do not turn left onto the side road going south.

About 0.2 miles up the road is gate nailed to a tree with Top King welded into it (wMIA-RP-13), continue northwest up the road.

Note:
This gate also marks the park boundary. To the west toward the West Rim Trailhead is in the park.

Another 0.2 miles is a Tee in the road (wMIA-RP-14),  turn left at this tee and start down a hill to the west.  

About 500 farther is fork in the road (wMIA-RP-15), continue straight at this fork passing a road that joins in from the left (south east).

Continue on the road a little over 1 mile back to the West Rim Trailhead.

GPS Waypoint Information

Downloadable GPX files available at BG-Gear Store (easier than manual entry and a great way to support Bluugnome).
Waypoint naming convention and map symbol information can be found on the Glossary page.  Elevations are approximate.
BEFORE
manually entering coordinates set your system to WGS84 datum and Lat/Lon hddd.ddddd° coordinate format
Inconsistent datum's and coordinate formats will result in location errors.

Click to show / expand the list of waypoints below........
Pipe Spring Canyon (1) - Drive into Trailhead.
  1. extKolobRes          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.20374   W -113.18604        Elev: NaN Feet
    Turn off for Kolob Reservior Raod.
  2. tLftFrkNrthCk          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.28480   W -113.09576        Elev: 5,070 Feet
    Trailhead for the Left Fork of North Creek trail.
  3. tWildCatCyn          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.33985   W -113.07587        Elev: 6,970 Feet
    Wild Cat Canyon Trailhead.
  4. extLavaPoint          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.39454   W -113.05287        Elev: 7,898 Feet
    Turn off for Lava Point off of the Kolob Reservoir Road.
  5. tWestRimN          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.38155   W -113.02298        Elev: 7,470 Feet
    Northern trailhead for the West Rim Trail (by Lava Point).
Pipe Spring Canyon (2) - Approach.
  1. tWestRimN          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.38155   W -113.02298        Elev: 7,470 Feet
    Northern trailhead for the West Rim Trail (by Lava Point).
  2. wMIAgate          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.38190   W -113.02256        Elev: NaN Feet
    MIA Gate. Do not drive past this gate. You may find the gate locked on your return. To go to Pipe Spring or Boundary Canyons, walk east on the dirt road.
  3. wBoundaryRP-01          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.38560   W -113.01066        Elev: 7,245 Feet
    A faint old logging road leaves the MIA road here and traveling north toward Boundary Canyon. To go to Boundary Canyon follow the old logging road north. The road is easily missed so look close. Note that if you are going to Boundary Canyon and accidentally pass this faint logging road, you will get to a major fork in the dirt road about 1600 feet past this faint road and will need to turn around. To go to Pipe Spring Canyon, continue eastish on the main dirt road.
  4. wMIA-RP-15          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.38435   W -113.00538        Elev: NaN Feet
    Junction in the road. To go to Pipe Springs Canyon stay left at this fork continuing east. To go to the West Rim Trailhead, continue straight at this fork passing a road that joins in from the left (south east).
  5. wMIA-RP-14          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.38471   W -113.00358        Elev: NaN Feet
    A Tee in the Road. To go to Pipe Springs Canyon, turn right at this tee and continue southeast. To go to the West Rim Trailhead, turn left at this tee and start down a hill to the west.
  6. wMIA-RP-13Gate          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.38306   W -113.00042        Elev: 7,090 Feet
    Gate nailed to a tree with Top King welded into it. To go to Pipe Springs Canyon, continue southeast down the road. To go to the West Rim Trailhead, continue northwest up the road. Note: This gate also marks the park boundary. To the west toward the West Rim Trailhead is in the park.
  7. wMIA-RP-12          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.38206   W -112.99688        Elev: 6,960 Feet
    Junction in the road. To go to Pipe Spring Canyon, stay straight (left) and continue down the road to the southeast. Do not turn right onto the side road going south. To go to the West Rim Trailhead, stay straight (right) and continue up the road to the northwest. Do not turn left onto the side road going south. Note: The road to the south from here can be used to go down to Pipe Spring but is longer.
  8. wMIA-RP-11          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.38123   W -112.99338        Elev: NaN Feet
    Fork in the road. To go to Pipe Spring Canyon, stay straight (left) and continue down the road to the southeast as the road becomes less traveled. Do not turn right onto the side road going south. To go to the West Rim Trailhead, stay straight (right) and continue up the road to the northwest. Do not turn left onto the side road going south.
  9. wMIA-RP-10          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.38083   W -112.99173        Elev: NaN Feet
    Bend in the road. To go to Pipe Spring Canyon, follow the bend to the right and travel down the road to the south. To go to the West Rim Trailhead, follow the bend to the left and travel up the road to the northwest.
  10. wMIA-RP-09          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.37972   W -112.99173        Elev: NaN Feet
    A bend in the road. To go to Pipe Spring Canyon, follow the bend the left and continue southeast down the road. To go to the West Rim Trailhead, follow the bend to the right and continue north up the road.
  11. wMIA-RP-08          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.37944   W -112.99105        Elev: NaN Feet
    Very faint not well used road droppping down to the main dirt road. To go to Pipe Spring Canyon, turn right and follow the well graded road down to the southwest. To go to the West Rim Trailhead, leave the main dirt road and walk west up the semi steep not well used road.
  12. sPipeSpring          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.37912   W -112.99171        Elev: NaN Feet
    Junction in the road with a sign for Lady Bug and Lower Campground. There used to be a pipe with flowing spring water but has since been removed. To go to Pipe Spring Canyon, follow the road going down to the southeast for about 450 feet to where the road becomes less traveled and fades to trail.
  13. jPipeSpringCyn          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.37866   W -112.99038        Elev: 6,510 Feet
    Small clearing in the road where a trail leads away from the road down the steep slope on the left (north) into Pipe Spring Canyon. There may be a picnic table and various signs since this is used by the church as youth recreation spot. Turn left (north) and scramble down into Pipe Springs Canyon. As you scramble into the canyon you may find various ropes, ladders and other items placed to make travel up and down the steep walls easier.
  14. yPipeSpringTp          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.37889   W -112.99029        Elev: 6,500 Feet
    Top of Pipe Spring Canyon where the trail down from the rim meets the canyon floor. Continue a short distance east down canyon through sections of vegetation for about 80 feet to rap 1.
Pipe Spring Canyon (3) - The Canyon.
  1. yPipeSpringTp          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.37889   W -112.99029        Elev: 6,500 Feet
    Top of Pipe Spring Canyon where the trail down from the rim meets the canyon floor. Continue a short distance east down canyon through sections of vegetation for about 80 feet to rap 1.
  2. dPipeSpR1-2          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.37892   W -112.98971        Elev: NaN Feet
    Raps 1 and 2 - Pipe Spring Canyon. Rap 1, anchored from large pine tree on LDC side and drops about 90 feet into a narrow slot. Rap 2, at the bottom of rap 1, anchored LDC from 2 bolted hangers head high and drops about 100 feet. Note: On my first visit the bolts for rap 2 were not present and we combined raps 1 and 2 as a single 190 foot rap.
  3. dPipeSpR3          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.37888   W -112.98917        Elev: NaN Feet
    Rap 3 - Pipe Spring Canyon. Anchored head high RDC from 1 piton and one bolted anchor and drops about 50 feet down a very cool fluted slot. Down canyon of rap 3 is a very pretty section of slot to walk / scramble through with lots of small log debris in spots.  Almost 200 feet down canyon the walls open up to a vegetated section and a short walk over to the next rap.
  4. dPipeSpR4          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.37872   W -112.98830        Elev: 6,290 Feet
    Rap 4 - Pipe Spring Canyon. Anchored from a tree up on the LDC ledge and drops about 35 feet down a fluted chute down into more deep feeling slot. A short distance down canyon is a large chock stone in the wash that may have webbing on it to assist with a 20 foot downclimb. The downclimb is well featured but does have slick walls so care should be taken not to slip. At the bottom of the downclimb is the top of the next rap.
  5. dPipeSpR5-6          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.37871   W -112.98811        Elev: NaN Feet
    Raps 5 and 6 - Pipe Spring Canyon. Rap 5, at the bottom of a fluted downclimb, anchored LDC from 1 piton and 1 bolted hanger and drops about 160 or 180 feet depending on the anchor chosen for the next rappel. At about 160 feet is a ledge system you can traverse RDC to a large tree anchor (stay on rope while traversing the ledge). Or you can continue slightly LDC down the main water course using about 180 feet of rope to a small pocket in the wall with a set of two bolted hangers. Rap 6, at the bottom of rap 5, drops about 110 feet if using the large tree from the ledge or about 95 feet if using the bolted hangers a farther down. Note: Both anchor options for rap 5 (the tree on the ledge or the bolts in the rock pocket) have room for 2 people and would be awkward for more. Having enough rope to have both rappels active at the same will help larger groups play through this set more fluidly. Note: I have not had issues with but have been told that some have had their ropes from rap 5 get stuck when pulling the ropes down from the tree anchor for rap 6. Shortly down canyon of rap 6 the start of a very pretty narrows about 4 feet wide with a few downclimbs before reaching rap 7.
  6. dPipeSpR7          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.37883   W -112.98763        Elev: NaN Feet
    Rap 7 - Pipe Springs Canyon. Anchored LDC from a single bolted hanger and drops about 10 feet. Can be handlined easily. Continuing down canyon are a couple more quick easy downclimbs before reaching the next rap about 100 feet down canyon.
  7. dPipeSpR8          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.37887   W -112.98728        Elev: NaN Feet
    Rap 8 - Pipe Spring Canyon. Anchored LDC from a single bolted anchor and drops about 15 feet. From here it is about 150 feet to the end of the canyon with a couple short downclimbs between. The end of the canyon is about 150 feet down canyon with a couple of downclimbs of 6 to 8 feet along the way.
  8. yPipeSpringBt          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.37914   W -112.98696        Elev: 5,890 Feet
    Bottom of the Pipe Spring Canyon..
Pipe Spring Canyon (4) - Exit.
  1. yPipeSpringBt          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.37914   W -112.98696        Elev: 5,890 Feet
    Bottom of the Pipe Spring Canyon..
  2. wMIA-RP-06          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.37942   W -112.98762        Elev: 5,984 Feet
    Fork in drainage as you go up the MIA Exit. At this fork look to the left (south) of the left fork to find then follow up a steep use trail up to the west. The trail roughly follows the side of the left fork of the drainage going up steep dirt slopes through vegetation. After about 300 feet the use trails level off slightly and become more easily traveled along the base of the cliff wall. Once on better trail near the base of the cliff wall, continue up about 250 more feet to where the trail crosses over the large drainage you have been roughly following. Note: From this fork up to the dirt roads above is about 650 feet of elevation gain over about 1000 horizontal feet. The first 300 feet is steep and as of 2020 is beginning to erode significantly into sections of steep soft sand.
  3. wMIA-RP-07          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.37962   W -112.98922        Elev: 6,238 Feet
    Use trail crosses a shelf in the drainage / ravine to the other side. Looking up from here you will see the sheer rock wall of the canyon then a prominent rock outcropping slightly to the right up near the rim. The view may be obscured by trees so keep an eye out. To the right of the rock out cropping is a tall dead tree. After crossing the ravine continue west up the steep hill in thicker vegetation and much less obvious use trail. There is no one best way up this last 450 feet of steep loose hill side. Be very careful of loose rock and sandy ledges. Note: In years past there used to be 3 tall dead trees you could see up on the rim, which made for a great landmark. As of 2020 two of the trees have fallen and there is now just one tall dead tree making the landmark less noteworthy.
  4. jMIA-climb/rd          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.38031   W -112.99060        Elev: 6,540 Feet
    Junction where the climb up the MIA Exit intersects with a road. To go to the West Rim Trailhead, turn left walking south up the well graded dirt road for about 360 feet to find an old no longer used road on the right (west). Note: There are multiple ways through the web of roads back to the West Rim Trailhead. The route described is the most direct route.
  5. wMIA-RP-08          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.37944   W -112.99105        Elev: NaN Feet
    Very faint not well used road droppping down to the main dirt road. To go to Pipe Spring Canyon, turn right and follow the well graded road down to the southwest. To go to the West Rim Trailhead, leave the main dirt road and walk west up the semi steep not well used road.
  6. wMIA-RP-09          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.37972   W -112.99173        Elev: NaN Feet
    A bend in the road. To go to Pipe Spring Canyon, follow the bend the left and continue southeast down the road. To go to the West Rim Trailhead, follow the bend to the right and continue north up the road.
  7. wMIA-RP-10          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.38083   W -112.99173        Elev: NaN Feet
    Bend in the road. To go to Pipe Spring Canyon, follow the bend to the right and travel down the road to the south. To go to the West Rim Trailhead, follow the bend to the left and travel up the road to the northwest.
  8. wMIA-RP-11          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.38123   W -112.99338        Elev: NaN Feet
    Fork in the road. To go to Pipe Spring Canyon, stay straight (left) and continue down the road to the southeast as the road becomes less traveled. Do not turn right onto the side road going south. To go to the West Rim Trailhead, stay straight (right) and continue up the road to the northwest. Do not turn left onto the side road going south.
  9. wMIA-RP-12          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.38206   W -112.99688        Elev: 6,960 Feet
    Junction in the road. To go to Pipe Spring Canyon, stay straight (left) and continue down the road to the southeast. Do not turn right onto the side road going south. To go to the West Rim Trailhead, stay straight (right) and continue up the road to the northwest. Do not turn left onto the side road going south. Note: The road to the south from here can be used to go down to Pipe Spring but is longer.
  10. wMIA-RP-13Gate          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.38306   W -113.00042        Elev: 7,090 Feet
    Gate nailed to a tree with Top King welded into it. To go to Pipe Springs Canyon, continue southeast down the road. To go to the West Rim Trailhead, continue northwest up the road. Note: This gate also marks the park boundary. To the west toward the West Rim Trailhead is in the park.
  11. wMIA-RP-14          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.38471   W -113.00358        Elev: NaN Feet
    A Tee in the Road. To go to Pipe Springs Canyon, turn right at this tee and continue southeast. To go to the West Rim Trailhead, turn left at this tee and start down a hill to the west.
  12. wMIA-RP-15          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.38435   W -113.00538        Elev: NaN Feet
    Junction in the road. To go to Pipe Springs Canyon stay left at this fork continuing east. To go to the West Rim Trailhead, continue straight at this fork passing a road that joins in from the left (south east).
  13. wBoundaryRP-01          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.38560   W -113.01066        Elev: 7,245 Feet
    A faint old logging road leaves the MIA road here and traveling north toward Boundary Canyon. To go to Boundary Canyon follow the old logging road north. The road is easily missed so look close. Note that if you are going to Boundary Canyon and accidentally pass this faint logging road, you will get to a major fork in the dirt road about 1600 feet past this faint road and will need to turn around. To go to Pipe Spring Canyon, continue eastish on the main dirt road.
  14. tWestRimN          Lat/Lon (WGS84):  N 37.38155   W -113.02298        Elev: 7,470 Feet
    Northern trailhead for the West Rim Trail (by Lava Point).