The standing reference for running the Colorado–Green system through Canyonlands — waterproof, segment-by-segment maps covering put-ins, take-outs, named rapids, mile markers, and camps from Cisco and Green River City down through Cataract.
RiverMaps Guide to the Colorado & Green Rivers in the Canyonlands of Utah & Colorado
Multi-segment river-mile guide for Cataract, Westwater, Ruby/Horsethief, Labyrinth, Stillwater, and adjacent reaches
Details
- Genre
- River Guide, Maps, Reference
- Subjects
- river running, rapid identification, river mileage, access points, camp locations
- Geography
- Canyonlands National Park, Colorado River, Green River, Cataract Canyon, Labyrinth Canyon, Stillwater Canyon, Westwater Canyon
- Tags
- river guidemapscanyonlandscataract canyonlabyrinth canyonstillwater canyonwestwater canyoncolorado rivergreen riverrivermapstom martinduwain whitis
- ISBN
9780991389636
Story DNA Themes, moods, voice signals
- Themes
- river navigation, canyon scale, scout-and-run discipline
- Moods
- operational, precise, field-ready
- Motifs
- blue-line river, mile-by-mile annotation, waterproof field guide
- Voice
- concise, cartographic
- Story function
- knowledge-foundation, navigational-anchor, rapid-character-reference
- Setting
- river-mile markers, named rapids, named camps, side canyons, scout points
Why this book What it influences, what it teaches
- Influence
- knowledge
- Knowledge
- Colorado River navigation, Green River navigation, Canyonlands river system, rapid classification
- Use cases
- verifying named rapids and rapid mile markers in Cataract, Westwater, and Labyrinth/Stillwater, cross-checking access points and put-in/take-out details, anchoring camp inventories on river-section pages, settling counting-convention questions (named vs numbered rapids)
Related books
Cataract Canyon
An in-depth environmental and human history of Cataract Canyon and the rivers of Canyonlands, exploring Indigenous presence, exploration, dam impacts, river ecology, and the evolution of modern river running.
Connected in the graph
- river-section/cataract-canyon
- river-section/labyrinth-canyon
- river-section/stillwater-canyon
- river-section/westwater-canyon
- river/colorado-river
- river/green-river
- river-section/cataract-canyon
- river-section/labyrinth-canyon
- river-section/stillwater-canyon
- river-section/westwater-canyon