Product Description

Mile by mile color Waterproof Guide to the Colorado River through Grand Canyon with shaded relief/topographic maps, and special sections on history, archaeology, geology, natural history and photography. New for 2009: Updated with campsites and new USGS Mileage Points

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #87902 in Books
• Brand: Alpen
• Published on: 2007-04-23
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

About the Author
Designed by river runner and graphic artist Buzz Belknap and researched and authored by Buzz's sister, Loie Belknap Evans, river guide and outdoor enthusiast.

Customer Reviews

A must buy before rafting
Don't let the cover fool you. This is an absolutely fantastic book. We just returned from a 7 day raft trip in the Grand Canyon. This book was recommended by our rafting company. It's easy to read and has lots of interesting and useful information on the canyon geology, plants and animals, and a graphical mile by mile guide to the river. It includes interesting historical notes and shows every rapid and side trip of interest. We made the mistake of not buying it before the trip. Another guest on the raft had this book and used it constantly. We were so impressed with the book that we purchased it upon our return. A must buy before a rafting trip in the canyon.

Interesting, but ...
This book is good if you're hiking the Canyon or going down the river as a passenger - lots of interesting information. However, the cover picture might lead you to believe it's an actual guide for running the river, and we didn't find it very useful for that. We ended up using the guide from RiverMaps LLC, and found that invaluable.

This Belknap Waterproof got a real test in the river.
On the second day of our rafting trip through the lower Grand Canyon we got to far to the left on rapid 231 and our raft overturned dumping eight of us in the water along with our gear. I had Belknap's Waterproof Grand Canyon River Guide in my day pack which I though was secured, but the strap securing it broke and the pack went through the rapids, along with most of us, and was later fished out by one of the other boats. When I got it and checked it out it was fine other than the water causing the pages to stick together somewhat. But, it was in very good shape and proved to be a very useful guide throughout the four day trip.

I highly recommend this book if you are planning a trip down the Colorado river through the Grand Canyon. Besides being an excellent guide to the entire canyon experience and the rapids encountered, it also gives interesting historical information and many pictures of things you'll want to see for yourself. It's not a book for river guides, but is great for the rest of us.