White water rafting the upper Grand Canyon covering 88 miles of river from Lee's Ferry to Pipe Creek and the ascent to the South Rim.
- Duration
- 5–7 days
- Start
- Lee's Ferry
- End
- Pipe Creek
- Cost
- $2,385–3,295
- Trip Type
- Oar and Paddle
The night before the trip begins we meet you for an orientation meeting at Marble Canyon Lodge. Overnight accommodations are recommended and can be arranged by OU.
The trip leaves Lees Ferry and floats into Marble Canyon named in 1869 by its first explorer, Major John Wesley Powell. It’s polished limestone, layered with bands of sandstones and siltstones rises dramatically above the river with each mile passed, soaring thousands of feet to the rim. This same seemingly impervious limestone has allowed the river to scoop out the huge expanse of Red Wall Cavern at the river’s edge, one of the many attractions in this stretch.