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1st Departure:
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03.06.2009
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Provider:
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Sheri Griffith Expeditions
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Destination:
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North America > USA > Colorado > Colorado River
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Duration:
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3 days/ 2 nights
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Westwater Canyon was featured in National Geographic's "Wild and Scenic Rivers" book. This scenic voyage has all the components of a classic river trip: great whitewater, wonderful camp sites, spectacular and drastic geology, variety of wildlife, and remote wilderness canyons.
This particular stretch of the Colorado River is wild and free flowing, resulting in a variety of water levels through the rafting season. The narrow canyon of 1.7 billion-year-old black schist rock is a sharp contrast to the red rock cliffs preceding and following the whitewater section. Indian pictographs and other relics of human and natural history are some of the hiking highlights.