Showing posts with label Powell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Powell. Show all posts

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Lake Powell Houseboat

Lake Powell Resorts and Marinas, located in Page Arizona, summer 2008. Employee party on two extravagant houseboats.

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Wakeboarding - The Essence of Lake Powell

Lake Powell is one of my favorite places on earth. Shot using the Canon 7D and Canon 18-135mm Lens. Video showcases the beauty of Lake Powell through the eyes of a wakeboarder. Learn more about what drives Burke Alder at www.burkealder.com

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Lake Powell Waterfall Next To Houseboat

Taken August 16, 2010 on Fifty-Mile Canyon off the Escalante River. This was after a heavy rain with small hail. The waterfall lasted about an hour. It took 6 of us over 2 hours the next morning to clean up all of the sand that splashed on us.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Lake Powell And Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

!±8± Lake Powell And Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

The Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (NRA) was founded in 1972 and includes more than one million hectares of dramatic deserts and canyons around 185 miles (298 km) long Lake Powell. The lake was created by damming of the Colorado River. The recreation area is "Y" shaped the San Juan River near the east to the town of Mexican hat and move north-east of Canyonlands National Park. Today the lake is busy with water sports, although a prolonged droughtlowered the lake level has been recently so you should call ahead for information pier. Glen Canyon is also one of the most popular hiking, biking and 4WD destinations in the United States.

• Rainbow Bridge National Monument

Rising 309ft (94 m) above Lake Powell, Rainbow Bridge is the largest natural bridge in North America. And 'only by boat or Bullfrog Marinas Waheap.

• View of Lake Powell

The blue water of the artificial Lake Powellencircled by colorful sandstone coves - once Glen Canyon's side canyons and dramatic buttes and mesas.

• Glen Canyon Dam was completed in 1963 and rises 710 ft (213 m) above the bedrock of the Colorado River.

• Antelope Canyon

Bands of sand stone curve sinuously together, sometimes just a few feet apart, in this famously deep "slot" canyon.

• Lees Ferry was a Mormon settlement in the 19t1 century. Today, this outpost offers tourist facilities, including a ranger station and campground.

• Wahweap Marina is one of the best ways of touring the area is by boat; Wahweap Marina offers tours and boat hire.

• Boating on Lake Powell (in summer weekends. the lake is a busy place as powerboats, water-skiers, houseboat parties, jet skis, and catamarans explore myriad sandstone side canyons. The Colorado river float trips, available below Glen Canyon dam, are a special attraction.

• Hails crossing has a marina and is the starting point for the regular ferry service to Bullfrog Buy.

• Canyon Controversy

The completion of Glen Canyon dam in 1963 flooded the area described by explorer John Wesley Powell as "a curious ensemble of wonderful features." Controversial from the start, the project spurred the environmentalist Sierra Club to campaign against the original plans. Today, they continue to argue for the restoration of Glen Canyon, believing that ancient ecosystems are being ruined. Pro-dam advocates point out the value of the dam's ability to store water, generate power, and provide recreation.

Visitors' Checklist
Phone: (928) 608-6404.
Official Timings: 8am-5pm daily.7


Lake Powell And Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

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