Belknap's Waterproof Dinosaur River Guide

Explore the Green and Yampa Rivers with this fully updated and expanded river guide—an essential companion for rafters, kayakers, anglers, and nature lovers. This new edition includes 32 additional pages, including an Illustrated Geology section with labeled photo diagrams that explain the region’s striking rock formations at specific river locations. The Living Landscape section showcases the area’s diverse eco-zones with vivid photos and descriptions of native plants and wildlife.

You’ll also find the Discover Dinosaur section, highlighting the renovated Dinosaur Quarry and Visitor Center, along with updated maps and tips for hiking, camping, and other visitor activities. Also included is information for fishing on the Green below Flaming Gorge Dam. Designed in a rugged spiral-bound, read-as-you-run format, the guide includes refreshed river pages, detailed maps, and new geology notes—making it both practical and visually stunning for every river adventure.

Belknap’s Waterproof Dinosaur River Guide includes:

• INFORMATIVE DETAILED RIVER MAPS to guide you through the canyon with beautiful shaded-relief topographic maps
• ACCURATE CAMPSITE, RAPIDS, FISHING AND OTHER FEATURE LOCATIONS with USGS Mileage Points
• TRIP PLANNING GUIDE to help you plan your trip, whether private or commercial
• FULL-COLOR GEOLOGY DIAGRAMS to explain the canyon’s rock history
• DISCOVER DINOSAUR section to help you experience the monument’s treasure trove of attractions
• DINOSAUR’S LIVING LANDSCAPES explores the monument’s amazing biodiversity, with full-color photos and descriptions to help identify the flora and fauna
• WATERPROOF BOOK made to last and be used on the river!

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.