Belknap's Waterproof Grand Canyon River Guide

Whether it’s your first trip to the Grand Canyon or you are a seasoned river runner, Belknap’s Waterproof Grand Canyon River Guide is your complete guidebook to enhance your trip! This comprehensive guidebook has been the leader for over 50 years and includes detailed maps and information about the Grand Canyon, with research from field experts to give you all you need to learn more about this magical place! This updated version has a user-friendly read-as-you-run format and spiral binding, as well as beautiful photos, detailed graphics and information updated each year. Belknap’s Waterproof Grand Canyon River Guide includes: INFORMATIVE DETAILED RIVER MAPS to guide you through the Canyon with beautiful shaded-relief topographic mapsACCURATE CAMPSITE, RAPIDS AND OTHER FEATURE LOCATIONS with USGS Mileage PointsFULL-COLOR GEOLOGY DIAGRAMS to explain the Canyon’s rock historyEARLY EXPLORATION AND HISTORY including John Wesley Powell and numerous others who explored the river and canyonHISTORY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND CULTURES, the Canyon’s first inhabitants PLANTS AND ANIMALS OF THE CANYON with full-color photos and descriptions to help identify the flora and faunaWHITEWATER WORKSHOP to teach the basics of river features and an intro to boating whitewaterWATERPROOF BOOK made to last and be used on the river! ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Buzz Belknap, mastermind and graphic designer of the Westwater Books River Guide series, published the original in 1969 and has revised and updated editions now for over 50 years. Buzz's Canyon adventures started at the age of 9 with his dad Bill Belknap, and include a variety of expeditions. Loie Belknap Evans, co-author of this Guide and other Guides in the Westwater series, was a licensed River Guide and played a key role in family-owned river business, Fastwater Expeditions. Current president of Westwater Books, the publishing company for the guide books, Loie is a writer, editor, photographer, and river and canyon enthusiast. She loves to share her interests with family and friends through these publications. Read more