Visitors will enjoy seeing such places as the McPherson Ranch where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid often hid out.īelow Desolation and Gray Canyons, the Green meanders through Labyrinth and Stillwater Canyons. This area of Utah was visited and settled by prospectors, homesteaders, farmers and ranchers and outlaws who left their legacies in the river corridor. But the rapids are only part of the fascination of a Green River trip. The summer river season allows for trips of three to four days in length.īelow Lodore, the Desolation and Gray Canyon stretch offers over 60 Class I - Class III rapids. Below Desolation and Gray Canyons, the Green meanders through Labyrinth and. Now Flaming Gorge Dam backs up the waters of the Green and flows are regulated to make the river accessible to recreational floaters. A trek down the Green River is about much more than white water rafting. He likened the area, Gates of Lodore, to a "mountain drinking a river." Only a few brave souls tackled the swift and mighty waters called the "seeds-ke-dee" by Native Americans. John Wesley Powell explored the Green River in 1869. With average descents of 13 feet per mile the river tumbles past soaring red rock walls, desert Big Horn Sheep, pristine springs and waterfalls. Plenty of excitement awaits you with rapids such as Disaster Falls, Hell's Half-Mile and Triplet Falls. One of the deepest canyons in the southwest, Lodore Canyon, located in the sprawling acreage of Dinosaur National Monument offers many miles of scenic wonderment. Besides producing great rapids, this season guarantees river runners will see a spectacular wildflower show-everything from flowering cacti and Indian paintbrush to desert primrose blossoms. The best flows often occur during late May and early June. The Green River rafting season extends from early April through October. Flowing rapidly southward for hundreds of miles before joining the Colorado, the Green River offers several sections suitable for white water rafting trips in Utah. "Rio San Buena Ventura" is the Spanish name for the Green River.
A trek down the Green River is about much more than white water rafting it's about truly experiencing a part of history.
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White water rafting trips on the Green River offer unique geology, landscape important to America's frontier and outlaw history, plus Native American ruins and rock art. Yampa River (flows into Green River-Split Mountain)ĭesolation South Section: Green River City - Moab Area
North Section: Vernal - Flaming Gorge Areaįlaming Gorge Dam - Little Hole - Browns Park
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