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Naio
Explorer II
Nov 13, 2015

Ginormous canyon complex north of Green River, UT?

Does it have a name? And why had I never heard of it, even when I was camping around Green River? I just found it on google maps, last winter, looking at the terrain view. It is huge! Why isn'...
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agesilaus
Explorer III
Nov 14, 2015
KRumm wrote:
It looks like BLM land and it is a reservation of the UteTribe... A 7 day Ute Tribal Permit can be purchased here: http://www.uitfwd.com/Doc/desolationCanyonPermit.html

Anyone know of any good boon docking or camping sites along the river canyon?


There is at least one company doing rafting trips on the canyon:

LINK

And someone wrote a book about a rafting trip on it:

Book

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