Touring around the southwest desert of Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, you might have heard of a place called White Pockets. It’s about 50 miles from Kanab, Utah on the Arizona Strip. It’s an incredible swirl of colorful rock formations. Much of the area looks as if it’s from a bakery shop and swirled with icing candy.

Located just east of Cottonwood Teepees, it is a very remote area and as always, caution should be used. No permit is required to visit White Pockets, but a 4WD is a must because of the deep sand. The road conditions change rapidly so topographical maps and GPS would be best. White Pockets is in the Vermilion Cliffs Paria Wilderness Area. This is a unique area on the Paria Plateau

Detailed information can be found written by Bo Beck, Zion Park search and rescue veteran team member, and www.zionnational-park.com author Tanya Milligan at this wonderful website.

http://www.zionnational-park.com/paria-white-pocket.htm

Looking for southwest events this spring? Consider this event!

First Annual Amazing Earthfest Celebration

Southern Utah’s Kane County

CONTACT: Cowboy Ted Hallisey

TEL: 435-644-5033

E-MAIL: Cowboyted8(at)aol.com

WEBSITE: http://www.kaneutah.com/

KANAB, Utah—Families and individuals from all fifty states and internationally are invited to attend the First Annual Amazing Earthfest Celebration, happening May 21-26, 2007 in Kanab, Utah. Here travelers will discover, learn from and celebrate national and state parks, national forests and public lands of the Colorado plateau located in Utah and Arizona.

Kanab plans to establish, host and support this broadly inclusive event each year in May, fostering education, scientific discovery and understanding, plus recreation and entertainment. The goal is to attract visitors from across the nation and abroad to Kane County, for the purpose of experiencing the National Parks and Public Lands in the region, recently described by Sunset Magazine as “dramatic.”

Visitors can choose from a wide variety of scheduled activities including: lectures and demonstrations, scientific and educational symposia, Native American and Pioneer cultural programs, guided backcountry trips, expeditions and musical performances. Additional activities include: exhibitions of visual arts, painting, sculpture, handmade crafts, culinary delights and Pioneer history.

Scientific Presentations - Visiting scholars, scientists and staff from major regional educational institutions and the public land managing agencies will be invited to present on geology, ecology, biology, paleontology and archaeology, as well as land and resource management techniques. Programs are planned for a host of visitor centers in the area, as well as guided site visits and expeditions to remote locations in the region. Activities, exhibits, lectures and demonstrations will be designed to educate and inform local residents and visitors about the scientific discovery, study, history and natural wonders of Southern Utah and the Arizona Strip.

Creative Arts & Entertainment - Artists, musicians and storytellers will be on-hand to express their experience of the history, life and culture of the Intermountain West, through exhibitions, concerts and presentations, including competitions for prizes. Pioneer history and culinary arts will round out visitors’ enjoyment.

Outdoor Recreation - Campers, hikers, horseback riders, cyclists, mountain bikers, climbers, road tourists and off-road vehicle enthusiasts are invited to make Southern Utah & Northern Arizona their destination for this springtime event; to engage in a favorite sport, while enjoying the welcoming hospitality of area service providers. OHVs are welcome on designated routes and trails.

Want a special treat? Hit the Arizona Strip and learn about the Condor Release Program.

Tentative Amazing Earthfest Participants ~ 2007

· Best Friends Animal Society – bird display on site in Angel Canyon

· Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park – sunset photo clinic and nature walk

· Glen Canyon National Recreation Area – Lake Powell events

· Grand Canyon National Park – North Rim

· Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument – Dinosaur talks and exhibits

· Thunderbird Foundation for the Arts – Maynard Dixon Home

· Pipe Spring National Monument – Native American and Pioneer food and lifestyle recreations & sampling

Also: Bryce Canyon National Park, Capital Reef National Park, Cedar Breaks National Monument, Dixie National Forest, East Zion Tourism Council, Kaibab National Forest, Kanab City, Kane County Office of Tourism, Kodachrome Basin State Park, Mormon Pioneer Heritage Highway, Page-Lake Powell, Snow Canyon State Park, Utah Office of Tourism, and Zion National Park.

For more information on First Annual Amazing Earthfest Celebration please call Cowboy Ted Hallisey-435-644-5033.

Cowboy Ted Hallisey
Executive Director
Kane County Office of Tourism
P.O. Box 209
Kanab, Utah 84741
435-644-5033

Note: This web blog at whitepockets.com invite’s Arizona Strip & Southern Utah groups to forward us their news to share here with our readers as well as our outdoor recreation message board at http://www.adventurezonetours.com/