Day # |
Date |
Daily Itinerary |
Camp |
Rowing Miles |
Camping Option 2 |
-1 |
16-Mar |
Meet at Flagstaff at Hotel Monte Vista
Eat at Thai @ Monte V and stay Monte V or Your Choice |
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0 |
17-Mar |
Meet MOE (3780 N Eagle Mountain Dr, Flagstaff, AZ 86004) to ride shuttle to Lee's Ferry (TIME TBD). Rig rafts (ETA TBD). Dinner at Marble Canyon Lodge (6:30) Van @ 6 PM |
boater's camp or lodge |
0 |
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1 |
18-Mar |
Ranger briefing at 9am then launch at 11am. Internal Safety Briefing, SOP, Pre Launch. Due to late start, may not have time for dayhikes - but possible hikes are Jackass (8) and Soap (11). Brown's Inscription (12.1L) |
Hot Na Na (16.7L) |
17 |
Soap (11.3R) |
2 |
19-Mar |
North Canyon - nice easy. Fence Fault is tougher and long. If we camp at South, South Canyon and Stantons Cave; also some Pueblo dwellings near South Canyon. |
Silver Grotto (29.5L) |
13 |
Fence Fault |
3 |
20-Mar |
Silver Grotto, South Canyon (Ruins, Stanton's Cave), Redwall Cavern (game of football?). Stop at Vaseys for Water?
Shinumo technical in the morning. |
Lower Buck Farm (41.2R) |
12 |
Nautiloid (35.0L), Tatahatso (37.9L), Pres. Harding (44.0L), Eminence (44.5L) |
4 |
21-Mar |
Hike up Saddle Canyon to waterfall
Stop at Bert's Boat (41.1R) |
Nankoweap (53.1R) |
12 |
Little Nankoweap (52.1R) |
5 |
22-Mar |
Layover Day. Nankoweap Creek to Mystic Falls for the speedy, or Nankoweap Mesa, or Tilted Mesa, or up the break in Little Nanko. Short hike to the granaries. |
Nankoweap (53.1R) |
0 |
Little Nankoweap (52.1R) |
6 |
23-Mar |
Stop off at LCR to play. Carbon/Lava Loop option. |
Lava (65.9R) |
13 |
Carbon (65.1R) |
7 |
24-Mar |
Tanner petroglyphs (68R); Basalt Canyon waterfall (70R); Unkar Pueblo Dwellings (72.7R); Tabernacle (74.3 R); 75 Mile Creek. |
Rattlesnake (74.5) |
9 |
Nevill's (75) |
8 |
25-Mar |
Vishnu Creek (81.6R); Clear Creek (84R) |
Cremation (87.7L) If we have exchanges |
13 |
Zoroaster (85.0L) |
9 |
26-Mar |
Phantom Ranch (88) break to get lemonade and mail post cards; Trinity (91.5R) short and easy?; 94 Mile Creek; Granite Camp Tammie Rehab. Crystal Creek (98) |
Upper Crystal (98.7R) |
11 |
Schist (96.5L), Boucher (97.2L) |
10 |
27-Mar |
Gems? Any suggestions Ross Wheeler Boat (108.4L) |
Upper Bass (108.5R) |
10 |
Bass (109.0) |
11 |
28-Mar |
BASS LAYOVER DAY |
Upper Bass (108.5R) |
0 |
Bass (109.0) |
12 |
29-Mar |
Elves Chasm multi-levels from below |
Fossil (125.4L) |
16 |
Below Fossil (126.1L) |
13 |
30-Mar |
Mile 130 Waterfall - short and easy; Stone Creek and Galloway loop - long and hard. |
Below Tapeats (134.5R) |
9 |
Racetrack (134.2R) |
14 |
31-Mar |
Deer Creek & Kanab/Whispering Falls? |
Above Olo (145.9L) |
10 |
Above Kanab (143.9L) |
15 |
1-Apr |
Explore Matkat & Panameta? |
Matkat Hotel (148.9L) |
3 |
Below Matkat (148.9L) |
16 |
2-Apr |
150 Mile Canyon; 1/3 Day at Havasu |
Tuckup (165R) |
17 |
Ledges (152.1R), Upper Ledges (151.9R) |
17 |
3-Apr |
Tuckup conglomerate arch; National (166L) ; Fern Glen Canyon (168R) |
Above Anvil (178.0L) |
13 |
Above Lava (179.5L) |
18 |
4-Apr |
Whitmore Trail, Parashant Wash |
Parashant (198.9R) |
20 |
Hualapai Acres (194.6L) |
19 |
5-Apr |
202 Rock Art at mile 202; Spring Canyon (204.3); Indian Canyon; Bundy Jars |
Granite Park (209.1L) |
10 |
Upper Fall Canyon (211.8R), |
20 |
6-Apr |
Must pass Diamond Creek. Stop at Travertine Canyon for a short time(229L). Go as far as we can this day for our last camp site. From River mile 224.5 to River mile 235 there doesn't seem to be too many as marked on my map |
221 Mile (221.6R) |
12 |
222L |
21 |
7-Apr |
Pierce take-out or extra day; Time permitting, go to Columbine Waterfall right before take-out
MUST PASS DIAMOND CREEK |
Night Float from Separation (239.8R) |
18 |
Night Float |
22 |
8-Apr |
Pierce take-out (279) |
N/A - Take Out |
42 |
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