Belknap's Waterproof Canyonlands River Guide - Softcover

Buzz Belknap; Loie Belknap Evans

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0916370178 ISBN 13: 9780916370176

Publisher: Westwater Books, 2023

Synopsis

Perfect for your next river adventure, this updated river guide is an essential companion for exploring the Green and Colorado Rivers. It covers key sections including Labyrinth and Stillwater Canyons on the Green River, and Horsethief, Ruby, Westwater, Moab Daily, Cataract Canyon, Lake Powell, and Glen Canyon on the Colorado. Designed with travelers in mind, the guide features a convenient spiral binding and a user-friendly "read-as-you-run" layout—ideal for use on the water.

With all-new topographic maps enhanced by colorful shaded relief, fresh camping details, updated boating information, vivid photographs, and insightful sections on geology and history, this edition brings both beauty and practical knowledge to every page.

Belknap’s Waterproof Canyonlands River Guide includes:

• INFORMATIVE DETAILED RIVER MAPS to guide you through the canyon with beautiful shaded-relief topographic maps
• ACCURATE CAMPSITE, RAPIDS AND OTHER FEATURE LOCATIONS with USGS Mileage Points
• FULL-COLOR GEOLOGY GUIDE with diagrams, photos and text to explain the canyon’s fascinating rock history
• EARLY EXPLORATION AND HISTORY of the area and canyon
• LAKE POWELL history, map and recreation guide
• WATERPROOF BOOK made to last and be used on the river!

About this title

About the Authors

Buzz Belknap, grew up going on river trips with his father, photographer Bill Belknap, and family friend Otis “Dock” Marston. Buzz’s outstanding Canyon adventures include a 1958 outboard expedition riding flows in excess of 100,000 c.f.s. and a 1963 sportyak trip on 900 c.f.s. He also crewed for the 1959 Disney film, Ten Who Dared, a reenactment of Powell’s journey, and, at the age of sixteen, piloted one of four jet boats on the successful 1960 Grand Canyon uprun. In 1968, while an officer in the U.S. Navy, he conceived the idea for the Grand Canyon River Guide. Working with his Dad and printer Eben Dale, he designed and produced the first Guide, now known as “Old Blue.” It came off the press in time for the 1969 Powell Centennial Celebration.

Loie Belknap Evans, author of several River Guides in the series, is president of Westwater Books, headquartered in Evergreen, Colorado, where she oversees annual updates to each book and keeps on top of ongoing changes in the river community. As a licensed river guide for many years, she played a key role in Fastwater Expeditions, a family-owned river business that featured full participation trips in individually rowed Sportyaks. Sharing interests in canyons and rivers with the family and friends, Loie has introduced lots of folks to the fun of fastwater boating.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Westwater Books
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0916370178
• ISBN 13: 9780916370176
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 78