Desolation Canyon

169 Pictures: 0-20 , 20-40 , 40-60 , 60-80 , 80-100 , 101-120 , 120-140 , 140-160 , 160-169

CampCamp (09/02/2002)

Rocky RiverRocky River (09/02/2002) The river was a tad low during this autumn trip.

Balanced RocksBalanced Rocks (09/02/2002) Balanced rocks on the canyon. rim.

Canyon WallsCanyon Walls (09/02/2002)

Inflatable KayakInflatable Kayak (09/02/2002) An inflatable kayak checking out the rocks in the river.

On the RiverOn the River (09/02/2002)

Inflatable KayakInflatable Kayak (09/02/2002)

Descolation CanyonDescolation Canyon (09/02/2002)

River RapidRiver Rapid (09/02/2002) Running a rapid in Desolation Canyon.

On The RiverOn The River (09/02/2002)

Towering WallsTowering Walls (09/02/2002)

Desolation CanyonDesolation Canyon (09/02/2002)

Green RiverGreen River (09/02/2002) Floating the Green.

ErosionErosion (09/02/2002) The Green digs it way through these lower layers of sandstone.

Over Hanging WallsOver Hanging Walls (09/02/2002)

Sandstone FormationsSandstone Formations (09/02/2002)

Canyon WallsCanyon Walls (09/02/2002)

Desolation TowerDesolation Tower (09/02/2002)

Green RiverGreen River (09/02/2002)

dupdup (09/02/2002)

169 Pictures: 0-20 , 20-40 , 40-60 , 60-80 , 80-100 , 101-120 , 120-140 , 140-160 , 160-169

This is a set of pictures that I took while floating Desolation Canyon in late August 2002. The pictures are ordered from the top of the river to the bottom. There is well over a hundred pictures in this set. I present them in blocks of twenty.

We had three boats...a 16' raft and a 10' raft. I was in an Inflatable Kayak. We saw a great variety of wildlife along the shores including bears, wild horses, bighorn sheep, blue herons and the every illusive "feral cow."

Context: Desert

Utah State (40 pictures) Desolation Canyon is on the Green River in Eastern Utah. The caynon is in one of the largest sections of the United States not bisected by a road.

Rivers (1 pictures) The Green River is one of the major water ways in the Western US. Its headwaters are in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming. It flows through Flaming Gorge Reservoir and cuts through Colorado and Utah before reaching the Colorado River.

Interstate 70 (51 pictures) The take out from Desolation Canyon is about 10 miles north of the East Exit for I70 in Green River, Utah. (About 50 miles north of Moab.

Colorado River (84 pictures) The Green River eventually flows into the Colorado River south of Desolation Canyon.

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