Remote and little-known, you’ll likely only share the water with a passing canoe at the junction of the Green and Colorado rivers.
The best time for friends and family to raft this zone is July through Aug., unless rafters prefer the higher spring runoff – and rowdier rapids – of May and June. Cataract Canyon doesn’t have the scale or reputation of its sister gorge, the Grand Canyon, but this sky-reaching ravine should top any river trip list.
Four districts comprise Canyonlands: Island in the Sky, The Needles, The Maze, and the rivers that carved those chasms. At the confluence, you can see all three sections simultaneously. The CFS of the Colorado River also takes a hike when it joins with the Green. Before the 1966 completion of Glen Canyon Dam, this ribbon of whitewater boasted 70 significant rapids, which dwindled to half that number due to sediment buildup.
As the historic rapids re-emerge season after season — which certainly adds river-running excitement — those rapids also help connect paddlers in a tangible way to the complex questions regarding the sediment management of Lake Powell, which federal policymakers currently face. Professional river guide Adam Walck, who is a trip leader for OARS, has been guiding the Cataract Canyon stretch for five years.
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