Antelope and Navajo Canyons

Tuesday April 15. (No cell service this evening, so will upload this later.) Mike and Christy on Little Joe, and Bill on Mystery Girl, arrived at the ramp this morning and after getting their boats prepped, launched. Mike and Christy proceeded over to the Wahweap marina to top off their water tank. Eventually Bill and I got underway, caught up with them, and then continued towards the Glen Canyon Dam for some photos. Then on to Antelope Canyon, where we joined a whole lot of kayakers from the Antelope Marina. Getting to the end of the canyon, we turned around and headed back out. While Lake Powell is quite low, there is still over 350’ water depth in much of the main channel. But the ramp at Antelope Marina, where the kayak concessioner is, you can see why some of the ramps are unusable for launching motor boats. This ramp ends at least 30’ above the current water level! Continuing on, we passed all the large houseboats at Antelope Marina, and after a few miles got to Navajo Canyon. We turned in there, and found a nice beach to stop for the night down towards the end. Little Joe and Mystery Girl, bow anchored and stern tied to shore. I beached the bow, and then came off the stern at 45 degrees with lines to shore. Both ways work. Bow facing out allows the boat to stay more level in the water and also helps take any waves coming to shore. Also, you can back in close enough to just step off the back of the boat into the shallow water to get on shore. Having my stern out allows me to fish off the back of the boat. The shore is steep enough to climb off the bow onto shore, but I also have a bow ladder that I can use.Read more