Author: Thomas G. Rampton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
A guide for river travelers through Labyrinth Canyon on the Green River, Utah. River access locations, available camps, regional geology, accounts of river trips, and a mile by mile log of this float trip between the town of Green River, Utah, and Mineral Bottom.
Labyrinth Canyon River Guide
Author: Thomas G. Rampton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
A guide for river travelers through Labyrinth Canyon on the Green River, Utah. River access locations, available camps, regional geology, accounts of river trips, and a mile by mile log of this float trip between the town of Green River, Utah, and Mineral Bottom.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
A guide for river travelers through Labyrinth Canyon on the Green River, Utah. River access locations, available camps, regional geology, accounts of river trips, and a mile by mile log of this float trip between the town of Green River, Utah, and Mineral Bottom.
Guide to the Colorado and Green Rivers in the Canyonlands of Utah and Colorado
Author: Tom Martin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781732401754
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Guidebook for whitewater boating on the Green and Colorado rivers in the Canyonlands region of eastern Utah and Colorado.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781732401754
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Guidebook for whitewater boating on the Green and Colorado rivers in the Canyonlands region of eastern Utah and Colorado.
Guide to the Green River in Desolation and Gray Canyons
Author: Duwain Whitis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780981939506
Category : Desolation Canyon (Utah)
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780981939506
Category : Desolation Canyon (Utah)
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Paddling the John Wesley Powell Route
Author: Mike Bezemek
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493034820
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
On May 24, 1869, John Wesley Powell and nine crewmen in four wooden rowboats set off down the Green River to map the final blank spot on the American map. Three months later, six ragged men in only two boats emerged from the Grand Canyon. And what happened along the rugged 1,000 river miles in between quickly became the stuff of legend. Today, the JWP route offers some of the most adventurous paddling in the United States. Across six southwestern states, paddlers will find a surprising variety of trips. Enjoy flatwater floats through Canyonlands and the Uinta Basin; whitewater kayaking or rafting in Dinosaur National Monument and Cataract Canyon; afternoon paddleboarding on Flaming Gorge Reservoir and Lake Powell; multiday expeditions through Desolation Canyon and the Grand Canyon; and much more, including remarkable hikes and excursions to ancestral ruins, historic sites, museums, and waterfalls. Paddling the John Wesley Powell Route is a narrated guide that combines a multi-chapter retelling of the dramatic 1869 expedition with stunning landscape photography, modern discoveries along the route, overview maps, and information about permits, shuttles, access points, rental equipment, guided trips, and further readings. Come celebrate the dramatic 1869 expedition by exploring the route and learning the story.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493034820
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
On May 24, 1869, John Wesley Powell and nine crewmen in four wooden rowboats set off down the Green River to map the final blank spot on the American map. Three months later, six ragged men in only two boats emerged from the Grand Canyon. And what happened along the rugged 1,000 river miles in between quickly became the stuff of legend. Today, the JWP route offers some of the most adventurous paddling in the United States. Across six southwestern states, paddlers will find a surprising variety of trips. Enjoy flatwater floats through Canyonlands and the Uinta Basin; whitewater kayaking or rafting in Dinosaur National Monument and Cataract Canyon; afternoon paddleboarding on Flaming Gorge Reservoir and Lake Powell; multiday expeditions through Desolation Canyon and the Grand Canyon; and much more, including remarkable hikes and excursions to ancestral ruins, historic sites, museums, and waterfalls. Paddling the John Wesley Powell Route is a narrated guide that combines a multi-chapter retelling of the dramatic 1869 expedition with stunning landscape photography, modern discoveries along the route, overview maps, and information about permits, shuttles, access points, rental equipment, guided trips, and further readings. Come celebrate the dramatic 1869 expedition by exploring the route and learning the story.
The Emerald Mile
Author: Kevin Fedarko
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439159866
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The epic story of the fastest boat ride in history, on a hand-built dory named the "Emerald Mile," through the heart of the Grand Canyon on the Colorado river.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439159866
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The epic story of the fastest boat ride in history, on a hand-built dory named the "Emerald Mile," through the heart of the Grand Canyon on the Colorado river.
Canyons of the Colorado
Author: John Wesley Powell
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387313845
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387313845
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Canyon Hiking Guide to the Colorado Plateau
Author: Michael R. Kelsey
Publisher: Kelsey Pub
ISBN: 9780944510162
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher: Kelsey Pub
ISBN: 9780944510162
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The Maze
Author: Will Hobbs
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061963712
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Just fourteen, Rick Walder is alone, on the run, and desperate. Stowing away in the back of a truck, he suddenly finds himself at a dead end, out in the middle of nowhere. The Maze. In this surreal landscape of stark redrock spires and deep sandstone canyons, Rick stumbles into the remote camp of Lon Perigrino, a bird biologist who is realeasing fledgling California condors back into the wild. Intriqued by the endangered condors and the strange bearded man dedicated to saving them, Rick decides to stay on. When two men with a vicious dog drive up in a battered old Humvee, Rick discovers that Lon and his birds are in grave danger. Will he be able to save them? In a heart-stopping adventure infused with the spirit of the Icarus myth and a boy's dreams of flight, Will Hobbs brings readers a unique tale of identity, personal growth, and friendship. 01 Blue Spruce Award Masterlist (YA Cat.), 01 AZ Young Reader Award Masterlist (Teen Bks cat.), 00-01 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Masterlist (Gr. 6-8), 00-01 Black-Eyed Susan Award Masterlist, 00-01 Minnesota's Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award Masterlist, 00-01 South Carolina Book Award Nomination Masterlist (Grds 6-9), 00-01 Lone Star Reading List, 00-01 Utah Book Award (Gr. 7-12), 01 Washington State Evergreen YA Book Award Masterlist, 00-01 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Gr. 6-8), and 01 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee Masterlist
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061963712
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Just fourteen, Rick Walder is alone, on the run, and desperate. Stowing away in the back of a truck, he suddenly finds himself at a dead end, out in the middle of nowhere. The Maze. In this surreal landscape of stark redrock spires and deep sandstone canyons, Rick stumbles into the remote camp of Lon Perigrino, a bird biologist who is realeasing fledgling California condors back into the wild. Intriqued by the endangered condors and the strange bearded man dedicated to saving them, Rick decides to stay on. When two men with a vicious dog drive up in a battered old Humvee, Rick discovers that Lon and his birds are in grave danger. Will he be able to save them? In a heart-stopping adventure infused with the spirit of the Icarus myth and a boy's dreams of flight, Will Hobbs brings readers a unique tale of identity, personal growth, and friendship. 01 Blue Spruce Award Masterlist (YA Cat.), 01 AZ Young Reader Award Masterlist (Teen Bks cat.), 00-01 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Masterlist (Gr. 6-8), 00-01 Black-Eyed Susan Award Masterlist, 00-01 Minnesota's Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award Masterlist, 00-01 South Carolina Book Award Nomination Masterlist (Grds 6-9), 00-01 Lone Star Reading List, 00-01 Utah Book Award (Gr. 7-12), 01 Washington State Evergreen YA Book Award Masterlist, 00-01 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Gr. 6-8), and 01 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee Masterlist
Encounters with the Archdruid
Author: John McPhee
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374708630
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The narratives in this book are of journeys made in three wildernesses - on a coastal island, in a Western mountain range, and on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The four men portrayed here have different relationships to their environment, and they encounter each other on mountain trails, in forests and rapids, sometimes with reserve, sometimes with friendliness, sometimes fighting hard across a philosophical divide.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374708630
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The narratives in this book are of journeys made in three wildernesses - on a coastal island, in a Western mountain range, and on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The four men portrayed here have different relationships to their environment, and they encounter each other on mountain trails, in forests and rapids, sometimes with reserve, sometimes with friendliness, sometimes fighting hard across a philosophical divide.
The Outlaw Trail
Author: Robert Redford
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780448120249
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A journey through time.
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780448120249
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A journey through time.