RiverStoke

Grand Canyon — Lees Ferry to Phantom Ranch (Upper)

Colorado River • CO, UT, AZ, NV, CA, BAJA
Length
87.0 mi
Difficulty
Class III-IV
Current flow
7,020 cfs (medium water)
Colorado River at Lees Ferry · about 6 hours ago
🪪 Permit required — Grand Canyon National Park — Apply ↗
Permits for the Grand Canyon are required and available through a weighted lottery system in February (additional dates may be distributed throughout the year).

Upper half of the standard Grand Canyon trip. Warm-up through Marble
Canyon with Badger and Soap Creek; past Redwall Cavern, Nankoweap
granaries, and into the Inner Gorge at Hance. Traditional crew-swap
point at Phantom Ranch (hike in/out via Bright Angel trail).

✓ Real river route loaded

🏕 Campsites (88)

River Camp Mile 0.1 • ★★★★★★
Upper Lees Backeddy Mile 0.5 • ★★★
Sixmile Mile 5.9 • ★★★
Jackass Mile 8.1 • ★★★★★★★
Badger Mile 8.1 • ★★★
Below Jackass(LW) Mile 8.9 • ★★★
Soap Creek Mile 11.3 • ★★★★
Brown's Inscription Mile 12.1 • ★★★
12.4 Mile Mile 12.4 • ★★★★★★
13 Mile(LW) Mile 13.0 • ★★★★★
Sheer Wall Mile 14.2 • ★★★★★★
Hot Na Na Mile 16.7 • ★★★★★★★★
House Rock Mile 17.2 • ★★★★★
Eighteen Mile Ledges Mile 18.5 • ★★★
19.2 Mile Mile 19.2 • ★★★★
19.4 Mile Mile 19.4 • ★★★★★
20 Mile(Georgie's) Mile 20.2 • ★★★★★★★
Upper North Canyon Mile 20.7 • ★★★★★★★
Lower North Canyon Mile 20.8 • ★★★★
21.7 Mile Mile 21.7 • ★★★★★★
Twentytwo Mile Mile 22.1 • ★★★
Indian Dick Mile 22.8 • ★★★★★
Lone Cedar Mile 23.5 • ★★★★★★★
Twentyfour One-Half Mile Mile 24.7 • ★★★★★
Above Tiger Wash Mile 26.4 • ★
Shinumo Wash Mile 29.5 • ★★★★★★★
Fence Fault Mile 30.6 • ★★★★★★
Sandpile Mile 30.8 • ★★★★
South Canyon Mile 31.8 • ★★★★★★★
Below Redwall Mile 33.8 • ★★
Little Redwall Mile 34.2 • ★★★★★★
Nautiloid Mile 35.0 • ★★★★★★★
Tatahatso Mile 37.9 • ★
Above Martha's(LW) Mile 38.3 • ★
Martha's Mile 38.6 • ★★★★★★★
Redbud Alcove Mile 39.3 • ★★★★★★
Buck Farm Mile 41.2 • ★★★★★★★
Anasazi Bridge Mile 43.5 • ★★★
Lower Anasazi Bridge Mile 43.6 • ★★★★★
President Harding Mile 44.0 • ★★★★★★★
Eminence Mile 44.5 • ★★★★★★★
44.9 Mile Mile 44.9 • ★★★
Willie Taylor Mile 45.0 • ★★★
Duck n Quack Mile 47.2 • ★★★★★★
Upper Saddle Mile 47.5 • ★★★★★★★
Lower Saddle Mile 47.6 • ★★★★★★★
Dinosaur Mile 50.1 • ★★★★★★★
51.5 Mile Mile 51.5 • ★★★
Little Nankoweap Mile 52.1 • ★★★★★★★
Nankoweap Mile 52.2 • ★★★★★
Upper Nankoweap Mile 52.5 • ★★★★★
Main Nankoweap Mile 53.4 • ★★★★★★★★★
Lower Nankoweap Mile 53.5 • ★★★★★★★
Kwagunt Mile 56.3 • ★★★★★★★
Below Kwagunt Mile 57.1 • ★★★
Malgosa Mile 57.9 • ★★★
Opposite Malgosa Mile 58.1 • ★★★★★
Awatubi Mile 58.7 • ★★★★
Below Awatubi Left Mile 59.1 • ★★★★
Below Awatubi Right Mile 59.4 • ★
Sixty Mile Mile 60.2 • ★★★★★★
61.1 Mile Mile 61.1 • ★★
Above LCR Mile 61.5 • ★★★★★★
Below LCR Mile 62.1 • ★★★
Crash Canyon Mile 62.9 • ★★★
Carbon Mile 65.1 • ★★★★★★★★
Lava Canyon Mile 65.9 • ★★★★★★★
Palisades Creek Mile 66.1 • ★★★★★★
Above Espejo Mile 66.8 • ★★
Espejo Mile 67.3 • ★★
Sixtyeight Mile Mile 68.3 • ★★★★★
Tanner Mile 68.7 • ★★★★★★★★
Below Tanner Rapid Mile 69.4 • ★★
Basalt Mile 70.1 • ★★★
Cardenas Mile 71.6 • ★★★★★★★★
Upper Unkar Mile 72.4 • ★★★★★★
Unkar Mile 72.7 • ★★★★★
Below Granary Mile 74.2 •
Upper Rattlesnake Mile 74.6 • ★★★★★★★
Upper Nevills Mile 75.7 • ★★★★★★★
Nevills Mile 76.1 • ★★★★★★
Below Nevills Mile 76.2 • ★★★★★★★
Papago Mile 76.5 • ★★★★★★
Hance Mile 77.1 • ★★★★★
Grapevine(X) Mile 81.7 • ★★★★★★
Clear Creek(X)(LW) Mile 84.6 • ★★★★
Below Clear Creek(X) Mile 84.8 • ★★★★
Zoroaster(X) Mile 85.0 • ★★★★★★★

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