Vishnu Temple Press
P O Box 30821, Flagstaff AZ 86003
Phone and fax (928) 556 0742
info@vishnutemplepress.com
Vishnu Temple Press publishes and distributes non-fiction books about the Grand Canyon and Colorado Plateau.
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We will be closed from May 16 to June 4 for our annual company river trip. You are welcome to order books while we are away but they will not be shipped until June 5. If you scroll through our web site you will find alternative sources for our books listed beneath each book.
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The fifth edition of the Guide to the Colorado River through Grand Canyon by Martin & Whitis is now in our warehouse. Scroll down to order one (or more, of course.)
Out of Thin Air by Nancy Muleady-Mecham is now available at ibookstore as an ebook, complete with audio and other cool features.
Wanda Eilts, author of Floating Hogans in Monument Valley is collecting stories and
information for her next book which will be about the marina at Halls Crossing, particularly
about Jerry and Tena Sampson. If you would like to talk to her, please phone or email us at
the above number or address and we will put you in touch with her.
Be aware we can only accept credit cards via this website, not over the phone.
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Big Water, Little Boats
Moulty Fulmer and the First Grand Canyon Dory on the Last of the Wild Colorado
by Tom Martin
There was a time when river runners built their own boats and rowed the Colorado River through Grand Canyon on free-flowing water; no permit problems, no high-tech gear
and not much in the way of backup. What they did have were cameras, lots of film, cans of food, life jackets and journals to keep their notes in.
Tom has chatted with a number of the guys and gals still standing, then scoured libraries, attics and garages to find the stories and pictures the others have left behind.
He built a replica of Grand Canyon’s first decked McKenzie River dory from photographs, notes, and the original wreck the boat builder left behind, and has since rowed it through the Canyon three times.
Here he tells the story of Moulty Fulmer, Brick Mortenson, P.T. Reilly, Dock Marston, and their friends on river trips on some of the highest water of the last century.
He has included many stories of other trips during the same time period, the 1940s though the 1960s, including the development of recreational river running and boat
design on the Colorado.
Soft cover, lots of historic b&W and color photographs, 240 pages.ISBN 978-0-9795055-6-0. Publication date May 1 2012
Order here and we will ship a signed copy. If you want it personalized tell us in the memo field on the order screen, or email us.
Back Cover copy:
Moulty Fulmer was bitten by the river running bug during a San Juan River trip in 1942. After a chance meeting with a McKenzie River dory builder, Fulmer constructed his first dory and rowed the San Juan in 1947.
Traveling through Grand Canyon in 1948 on a Norm Nevills expedition, Fulmer met Colorado River historian, Otis “Dock” Marston, and they went on to run rivers together and correspond for the next thirty years.
Fulmer built his second dory, the Gem, specifically for big water.
Joining forces with Pat Reilly in 1954, they ran the Grand Canyon five times in home-built boats. Their adventures included rowing the wild Colorado River in 1957 on 126,000 cubic feet per second, one of the highest flows in the last century.
Using historic photos, river logs, letters and interviews, author Tom Martin recounts the voyages of a number of unsung river runners during the transformation from Grand Canyon expeditionary river running into today’s whitewater recreation.
Big Water, Little Boats chronicles the start of the park’s river running permit system in 1955, the construction of Glen Canyon Dam, and the explosion of river running that occurred after the completion of the dam in 1963.
Order
Day Hikes from the River, Guide to the Colorado River & Big Water, Little Boats
and save.
Combination available for $70 HERE
We are currently offering you
a second book for $6.05 to be shipped with your copy of Big Water, Little Boats.
Click on whichever combo appeals to you - no need to click on Big Water, Little Boats if you're taking the second book too.
Descriptions of these books can be found by scrolling down from here.
Big Water Little Boats is also available from the following:
Aspen Sports, Flagstaff, AZ
Babbits Backcountry, Flagstaff, AZ
Back of Beyond Books, Moab UT
Canyon REO, Flagstaff, AZ
Cascade Outfitters, Boise, ID
Four Corners River Sports, Durango, CO
Hastings Books and Music, Flagstaff, AZ
Idaho River Sports, Boise, ID
JW Powell River History Museum, Green River, UT
Ken Sanders Rare Books, Salt Lake City, UT
Marble Canyon Lodge, Lees Ferry, AZ
Maria's Bookshop, Durango, CO
Mountain Sports, Flagstaff, AZ
Peace Surplus, Flagstaff, AZ
Sweetwater County Museum, Green River, WY
Tumalo Creek Canoe & Kayak, Bend, OR
Wet Dreams, Flagstaff, AZ
Willow Canyon Outdoor Co, Kanab, UT
Five Quail Books Amazon.com
OUT OF THIN AIR
A Story of Big Trees
by Nancy Muleady-Mecham
Science-based story for children
As a Park Ranger, Nancy loved explaining the natural world to Park visitors so they could gain a
deeper appreciation of their surroundings. In this, her first children's book, she explains the science behind
the growth of a tree, in particular a Sequoia, with the aid of great illustrations by her cousin Robert.
The book is aimed primarily at elementary and middle-schoolers with inquiring minds and would certainly help
any parent trying to explain what makes a tree get so very big. The book's design is by her very talented cousin-in-law, Sandra,
who is also responsible for the great look of the two Park Ranger books and the covers of John H. Riffey and Floating Hogans,
and that's only what she's done for our books.
978-0-9795055-3-9.
8.125" x 10.5", 48 pages, softcover, color full page artwork throughout.
This children's book is compliant with the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, aka CPSIA.
Click here for information on the inks used.
These sites also accepts credit card orders for Out of Thin Air as a book or ebook
Amazon.com
Out of Thin Air is now available as an amazing ebook complete with audio as well as visual at
ibookstore.
Stores that carry Out of Thin Air
Calaveras Big Trees SP Arnold, CA
Yosemite NP, CA: Yosemite Conservancy stores
Sequoia NP, CA: Sequoia NHA stores
Muir Woods N.M., CA
Big Basin S.P. Gift Shop, Big Basin CA
Big Trees Market, Arnold, CA
Sustenance Books Murphys, CA
PARK RANGER SEQUEL
More True Stories from a Ranger's Career in America's National Parks
by Nancy Eileen Muleady-Mecham
More true adventures from the nation's National Parks
In this, Nancy's second collection of her real-life adventures as a Park Ranger and as a city medic,
she tells of births, deaths and life prolonged in between in her inimitable style. There's a
great chapter on her training at FLETC, the federal law enforcement training school. She ventures
further afield to Mt. Kilimanjaro (yes, we are aware it's not an American National Park but it's a good story)
and writes about a solo expedition she made more recently in the
snowy wilds of California.
If you've never ventured off a pavement trail or if you spend all your time in the wild,
you can enjoy this book and learn a lot in the process. Scroll down through our catalog to find the first Park Ranger book.
0-9795055-2-6/978-0-9795055-2-2.
5.5" x 8", 248 pages, softcover, 12 pages of color photos.
These sites also accepts credit card orders for Park Ranger Sequel Amazon.com
Stores that carry Park Ranger Sequel
Moab, UT: Back of Beyond Bookstore
Flagstaff, AZ: Mountain Sports, Babbits Backcountry Outfitters, Peace Surplus
Grand Canyon, AZ: General Store, GCA stores
Sequoia NP, CA: Sequoia NHA stores
Denali NP, AK: Alaska Geographic stores
Shenandoah NP, VA: Shenandoah NHA stores
Death Valley NP, CA
Mono Basin NP, CA
Calaveras Big Trees SP Arnold, CA
John H. Riffey
The Last Old-Time Ranger
by Jean Luttrell
A biography of the long-time North Rim Ranger
When John H. Riffey was assigned to the Tuweep Ranger Station on the North Rim of the Grand
Canyon in 1942, his main task was to manage the grazing permits of homesteaders in Tuweep
Valley who ran livestock in the then National Monument. Occasionally he was called on by the
couple of dozen tourists a year looking for the Toroweap Overlook where they could gaze down
on Lava Falls, hike up Vulcan’s Throne and enjoy the scenery and peace of a place eighty miles
from a paved highway.
By the time he died in 1980, the livestock were no longer allowed in Grand Canyon National
Park, Riffey’s neighbors, the homesteaders, had left for greener pastures or were part-time
residents, and there might be more than two dozen tourists a day barreling along the dirt road
by his ranger station. He was still the only representative of the National Park Service there.
His friends and acquaintances knew a man who watched out for his fellow men as well as
protecting the high desert environment. He was always there to help, cajole or haul livestock,
machinery and people out of the mud, snow, heat or water. This is his story told by the
daughter of a neighboring homesteader who remembers Riffey’s arrival and departure and the
decades of friendship and respect in between.
152 pages, 5.5" x 8", softcover, numerous black and white photographs.
0-9795055-1-8.
Stores that carry John H. Riffey Flagstaff, AZ: Babbits Backcountry Outfitters, Peace Surplus,
Museum of Northern AZ bookstore
Grand Canyon, AZ: GCA Stores
Moab, UT: Back of Beyond Bookstore
Kanab, UT: Willow Canyon Books
St George, UT: Az Strip Interpretive Association stores
Boulder City, NV: Lake Mead V.C.
FLOATING HOGANS IN MONUMENT VALLEY
Remembering the First Marina in Navajoland
by Wanda Morlan Eilts
A memoir of a year spent on the San Juan River
San Juan Marina near Oljato in Monument Valley, Utah, was an isolated place in 1987
when the author and her husband arrived to manage the new marina on the San Juan River
arm of Lake Powell. They fell in love with the surroundings and the Navajo people and
culture they encountered. In addition to the daily joy and satisfaction of friendship
and hard work, the couple dealt with floods and siltation, murder and drug-runners, and graft, greed and corruption.
Note: It's impossible for modern river runners to float on down to the marina site
at Paiute Farms. Below Clay Hills Crossing, there is the river-wide pourover, Fatt Falls,
and the river/lake level has fallen so the water no longer flows near the bay in which the
marina was located.
176 pages, 5.5" x 8", softcover, 4 pages of color photos. 0-9795055-0-X.
These sites also accepts credit card orders for Floating Hogans in Monument Valley Amazon.com see also their KINDLE store
Five Quail Books B & N.com
Stores that carry Floating Hogans Arizona,
Flagstaff: Babbits Backcountry Outfitters, Painted Desert Trading Company, Pow Wow T.P., Peace Surplus, Museum of Northern AZ Bookstore
Page: Antelope Point Marina, Powell Museum, Dave's Consignment, Quality Inn, Courtyard Mariott
Kayenta & Chinle: Holiday Inn
Utah,
Moab: Back of Beyond Bookstore
Kanab: Willow Canyon Outdoor
Cheryl Steuerwald, a former educator, has put together an amazing teachers' guide with ideas for classroom discussion and activities based on the book. Available in pdf format, on paper or as an ebook.
$10.00.
QUICKSAND AND BLUE SPRINGS
Exploring the Little Colorado River Gorge
by Stephen West Cole
$14.95
Welcome to the Little Colorado River Gorge
In May 2001, Stephen Cole and his brother hiked the Little Colorado River Gorge from the town
of Cameron, Arizona to its confluence with the Colorado River, and out by way of the Beamer and
Tanner trails in the Grand Canyon. He found the desert landscape so fascinating that he went
back later to explore three remote side canyon routes which enter the chasm. There was very
little written about the area then so here he shares some of his experiences and thoughts about
it. The book is not meant to be a guide although we hope that anyone exploring the Gorge on foot
or in an armchair will find it helpful.
176 pages, 5.5" x 8", softcover, 8 pages of color photos. 0-9674595-8-3.
Stores that regularly carry Quicksand and Blue Springs Arizona,
Flagstaff: Babbits Backcountry Outfitters, Aspen Sports, Mountain Sports, Peace Surplus, Barnes & Noble
Grand Canyon: Grand Canyon Association South Rim stores
Tucson: Summit Hut on Speedway
Colorado,
Durango: Maria's Bookshop
Utah,
Kanab: Willow Creek Books
Moab: Back of Beyond Bookstore
GOURMET CAMPING CUISINE
Menus for rafting, canoeing, camping, and RVers
by Marilynn Murphey Machin
$26.95
Now YOU can volunteer to plan the food for your Grand Canyon trip, or buy it for your designated planner
Gourmet Camping Cuisine not only has incredible food but is also a time saver and helper. It does not matter whether you are an expert or novice boater, camper, or RVer: we all like to eat well on our outdoor trips. This book was developed with rafting or canoeing trips in mind, but is suitable for any outdoor trip or in your own home. Want to do it like the pros? Read on.
This book makes it easy for those of you who work and do not have time to organize or plan menus. Unlike other cookbooks, this book is not a simple listing of recipes. It has fully planned out menus. This includes multiple, complete breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus for trips of various lengths up to 18 days. It will give you step by step instructions on what to do at home and on your trip for each menu. These are more on the gourmet side for people who like to eat well. If you want hardtack, tuna glop, and beanie weenies, you’re out of luck.
Delicious, well planned and prepared food seems always to bring out a festive mood in people, especially on river trips. And it also allows more time for hiking, reading, or just laying around camp enjoying the company of your friends or the scenery.
10" x 8", coil binding so that recipes lay flat.
224 text pages, plus many other pages with color photographs and cartoon illustrations.
30 complete Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner menus with 234 recipes.
0-9771694-0-5.
These sites also accept credit card orders for Gourmet Camping Cuisine RiverMaps.net
Stores that usually carry Gourmet Camping Cuisine Arizona,
Flagstaff: Babbits Backcountry Outfitters, Peace Surplus
Colorado,
Grand Junction: Whitewater West
Utah,
Kanab: Willow Creek Books
Mexican Hat: Valle's Store
Moab: Back of Beyond Bookstore
GUIDE TO THE SAN JUAN RIVER Second Edition
Montezuma Creek to Clay Hills Crossing, Utah
by Duwain Whitis and Tom Martin
Guide to the Sandy One
The San Juan is a great little desert river in southern Utah with lots of historical sites along the banks
including Mormon pioneer tracks, mining paraphernalia and ancient rock art. The guide covers
the 102 miles from Montezuma Creek, past Bluff and Mexican Hat to Clay Hills. It uses USGS
topographic map backgrounds printed at their original scale, with additional details in an
easy-to-read format. It shows campsite locations, rapids, scout points, river miles and other
points of interest. The accompanying text describes all campsites with pull-in
information, geological, botanical and historical points of interest. Maps and photographs are all in color, text
is black and white. The guide is 8.5" x 14" spiral-bound to lay flat. The 34 pages
are printed on tough waterproof and tear-resistant synthetic paper. There are many new photographs including
a spectacular shot of the pour overs above Trimble Camp during the heavy rain of May 2009 (courtesy of Chelsea Crenshaw)
and a great shot of the waterfalls below Clay Hills Crossing for everyone who wonders what would happen if they just
kept on going...
978-0-9819395-3-7.
Order the Guide to the San Juan River
& Ann Walka's Waterlines
together for your
San Juan trip and save $6.
Combination available for $30.95 HERE
Stores that usually carry the San Juan River guide
Utah,
Bluff: Recapture Lodge
, Sand Island Visitors' Center
Mexican Hat: Valles
Moab: Back of Beyond Bookstore, Canyon Voyages, Gearheads
Arizona,
Flagstaff: Canyon REO, Aspen Sports, Babbits Backcountry Outfitters,
Mountain Sports, Peace Surplus
Mesa: Wide World of Maps
Phoenix: Arizona Hiking Shack
California,
El Sobrante: Pacific River Supply
Colorado,
Durango: Four Corners River Supply, Maria's Bookshop
Buena Vista: Colorado Kayak Supply
Frisco: Ten Mile Creek Kayaks
Grand Junction: Whitewater West
Boulder: Boulder Outdoor Center
Denver: AAA Inflatables
Vail: Alpine Quest Sports
New Mexico,
Santa Fe: Travel Bug
Oregon,
Bend: Tumalo Creek Canoe & Kayak
Texas,
Arlington: Mountain Sports
Wyoming,
Jackson: Valley Bookstore
We doubt this picture will sell more books but at least you'll know whom to accost when you
see them on a river near you. Hint, they may not be as clean and shiny then. Tom is on the
right and Duwain on the left.
Congratulations to Tom and Duwain for winning the 2007 National Outdoor Book Award for best adventure guidebook for the third edition of
the Guide to the Colorado River through Grand Canyon published in 2007.
Order yours below (just keep scrolling down) or at www.rivermaps.net
Guide to the Green River in Desolation and Gray Canyons
by Duwain Whitis and Barbara Vinson
$21.95
A new all-color guide
The complete guide to floating through Desolation and Gray Canyons on the Green River in Utah.
Sized at 10" x 14", this map book is printed on water-resistant paper specially made for all-weather
use. The spiral binding and hard covers make them lay flat. They are printed with USGS 7.5' topographic maps as the background at the original mapscale of 2000 feet per inch. Additional information is added for river runners, including river mileage, campsites, rapids and other features of interest.
ISBN 978-0-9819395-0-6 32 pages with 12 maps, all color photographs
Ten Mile Creek Kayaks, Frisco, CO
Maria's Bookshop, Durango, CO
Order the San Juan Guide, the Grand Canyon Guide
and the Green River in Desolation/Gray Canyons Guide together and save $6.
Combination available for $64 HERE.
Green River and Yampa River in Dinosaur National Monument
by Duwain Whitis and Barbara Vinson
$22.95
A new all-color guide
The complete guide to floating on the Green and Yampa Rivers in Dinosaur
National Monument from Colorado into Utah. Sized at 10" x 14", this guide book
is printed on water-resistant paper specially made for all-weather
use. The spiral binding and hard covers make them lay flat. They are printed
with USGS 7.5' topographic maps as the background at the original mapscale of 2000
feet per inch. Additional information is added for river runners, including river mileage,
campsites, rapids and other features of interest.
ISBN 978-0-9819395-0-6 36 pages with 13 maps, 7 maps cover the Green and 6 the Yampa,
color photographs
Ten Mile Creek Kayaks, Frisco, CO
Maria's Bookshop, Durango, CO
Order the Deso and Dinosaur guidebooks together for $38.90 and save $6 HERE
Order the SAN JUAN GUIDE, the GRAND CANYON GUIDE
and the Green River in Desolation/Gray Canyons Mapbook together and save $6.
Combination available for $63 HERE
Order the SAN JUAN GUIDE, the GRAND CANYON GUIDE
and the Green/Yampa Rivers in Dinosaur N.M. Mapbook
together and save $6.
Combination available for $63 HERE
Scott Baxter is a climber, hiker and lover of the Southwest deserts and mountains. He is also a poet who expresses his appreciation of nature and his interaction with it in his words. This is a collection
of poems from his first two books, Where All Suns Enter and Rock in Bodies, together with new poems.
5" x 8", 80 pages, 0-9674595-7-5.
INTERNAL COMBUSTION
The runner's every foot-
fall is to earth
what the bow drill is
to fire: each breath drawn
makes of the soul
smoldering tinder, life
a slow going-up
in flames.
Order all three poetry books and save $6.
Combination of Walking the Unknown River, Waterlines and Imaginary Summits
available for $32.00 HERE
currently out of stock
PARK RANGER
True Stories from a Ranger's Career in America's National Parks
by Nancy Eileen Muleady-Mecham
What does it take to be a Park Ranger?
Stamina, calmness, a sense of humor and training in as many fields as possible judging by
these stories from Nancy Muleady-Mecham's twenty-year career as a ranger in several parks
around the country.
Her first assignments were in Sequoia and Kings Canyon. Some were just one season in places
such as Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and others longer such as her many years at the Grand Canyon.
She tells us about the different skills she learned and how she used them to save lives,
retrieve situations from the brink of disaster and deal with whatever came her way. She also
describes some of the sublime benefits of living and working in a National Park.
0-9674595-4-0/978-0-9674595-4-7.
5.5" x 8", 244 pages, softcover, 8 pages of color photos.
Until we run out, we have some slightly scuffed but unread Park Rangers
that would make great additions to your ammo can library. Read about a helicopter rescue at Stone Creek among other Grand Canyon stories.
Available for $10.00 HERE
HIJACKING A RIVER
A Political History of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon
by Jeff Ingram
Ever wonder why it takes years to get a permit for your own Grand Canyon trip?
Jeff Ingram, fresh from the battle over the Grand Canyon Dams in the 1960s, turned his attention to gaining wilderness protection for the Grand Canyon.
The 1964 Wilderness Act had been passed not long before and the Grand Canyon including the Colorado River had become "potential" wilderness.
This book describes how the river became the sticking point and all that has been done over the last 30+ years to make the definition happen - and to stop it happening.
Using source materials from various libraries, depositories and interviews, Jeff tells the story from his vantage point as a participant on the side of wilderness.
The river runners, both self-guided and commercial, the Park Service and other government officials, politicians and environmentalists all played their parts in pushing, pulling, slowing, speeding up, articulating and obfuscating the issues.
There's a wealth of detail here and, with the Colorado River Management Plan in progress again, even a quick skim of the book will help you recognize the circle we're all trudging round again. Read it and react!
6" x 9", 496 pages includes maps, index, source notes. 0-9674595-3-2.
Jeff writes about issues in the Grand Canyon both historical and contemporary in his blog at
http://gcfutures.blogspot.com/
Order Day Hikes from the River, Guide to the Colorado River &
Hijacking A River and save over $6.
Combination available for $56 HERE
Walking the Unknown River
and Other Travels in Escalante Country
by Ann Weiler Walka in cooperation with the Museum of Northern Arizona
$13.00
John Wesley Powell's men called the Escalante River the "Unknown River." It was the last river to be charted on the maps of the U.S. lower 48 states and it still remains quite remote today. The author recalls a wild and lovely place partially drowned by Lake Powell.Ann's essays and poems evoke the solitude, beauty and harshness of the remote country along the Escalante River in southern Utah. Her many travels through the country allow her to relax into it and let is speak through her.
Ann Walka is a naturalist, museum trip-guide and poet. She introduced President Clinton at the ceremony to announce the creation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
Soft cover 103 pages.
0-9718892-0-1.
Order all three poetry books and save $6.
Combination of Walking the Unknown River, Waterlines and Imaginary Summits
available for $32.00 HERE
currently out of stock
Waterlines
Journeys on a Desert River
by Ann Weiler Walka
$13.00 currently out of stock
Ann Weiler Walka has created a map of the heart through her poetry and it is beautifully
contained in Waterlines. For
travelers of the Colorado Plateau and particularly those choosing to immerse
themselves in the San Juan River, this
collection is a trustworthy and evocative guide written and lived by a woman
who understands the desert as an oasis for our spirits.
— Terry Tempest Williams
Author of Refuge
Soft cover, 5.5" x 8", 64 pages, 0-8845460-3-X.
Order the Guide to the San Juan River
& Ann Walka's Waterlines
together for your
San Juan trip and save $6.
Combination available for $29.95 HERE
DAY HIKES FROM THE RIVER, 4th EDITION
A Guide to 100 Hikes from Camps on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park
by Tom Martin
Aimed at river runners who want to get the most hiking out of their river trip, these hikes
may take an hour or be from sunrise to sunset. Useful for planning your itinerary and for
stuffing in your fanny pack. Backpackers who can read backwards (from the canyon bottom
actually) will appreciate it too. Forget the next rapid, look up! The maps are improved and
the text updated. There are now eight pages of photographs in the middle.
The maps of the fourth edition have all been corrected to show the river mileage set by the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.
We have already modified the maps in the Guide to the Colorado River (see below) and wanted to make sure Day Hikes matched that.
Soft cover, 240 pages.
Order Day Hikes from the River, Guide to the Colorado River & Hijacking A River and save over $6.
Combination available for $56 HERE
We are currently offering you
a second book for $6 to be shipped with your copy of Day Hikes.
Click on whichever combo appeals to you - no need to click on Day Hikes if you're taking the second book too.
Descriptions of these books can be found by scrolling up from here.
$27.95 for both
$27.95 for both
$27.95 for both
$27.95 for both
GUIDE TO THE COLORADO RIVER IN GRAND CANYON
from Lees Ferry to South Cove 5th Edition
by Tom Martin and Duwain Whitis
$29.95
AVAILABLE NOW
Do you want a Grand Canyon guidebook written by boaters for boaters?
Tom Martin, author of
Day Hikes from the River, and Duwain Whitis, publisher of RiverMaps map books, have teamed up to write a guidebook.
This is the only guidebook to the Canyon with USGS topographic map backgrounds
printed at their original scale, with additional details in an easy-to-read format.
It is also the only guide with maps extending to South Cove in Lake Mead.
Each map shows campsite locations, rapids, scout points, river miles and other points of interest.
The accompanying text describes all campsites on the park inventory (and some extras), with campsite pull-in information, geological, botanical and historical points of interest.
Maps and photos are in color.
The guide is 8.5" x 14" spiral-bound to lay flat.
The new mileage featured in this edition has been established by the Grand Canyon Research
and Monitoring Center, using the most up-to-date measuring techniques. The new mileage
deviates from the old by up to a mile in certain areas.
The 118 pages are printed on tough waterproof and tear-resistant synthetic paper. 978-09819395-7-5.
51 maps, 297 miles, all-color photos and shaded topographic relief.
$29.95
Stores that usually carry the Grand Canyon guide
Arizona,
Flagstaff: Aspen Sports, Babbits Backcountry Outfitters, Canyon REO, Moenkopi Riverworks,
Mountain Sports, Peace Surplus
Grand Canyon South Rim: Grand Canyon Association stores
Marble Canyon: Marble Canyon Lodge
Mesa: Wide World of Maps
Phoenix: Arizona Hiking Shack
Tucson: Summit Hut on Speedway
California,
Arcata: Adventure's Edge, El Sobrante: Pacific River Supply
Petaluma: Clavey Paddlesports
Colorado,
Boulder: Boulder Outdoor Center
Buena Vista: Colorado Kayak Supply
Denver: AAA Inflatables Durango: Four Corners River Sports, Maria's Book Shop
Frisco: Ten Mile Creek Kayaks
Grand Junction: Whitewater West Salida: RiverRat Ray
Vail: Alpine Quest Sports Wheatridge: DownRiver Equipment
Idaho,
Boise: Cascade Outfitters Moscow: Northwest River Supplies
New Mexico,
Santa Fe: Travel Bug
Oregon,
Bend: Tumalo Creek Canoe & Kayak, Salem: Outdoor Supply Co
Texas,
Arlington: Mountain Sports
Utah,
Kanab:Willow Creek Books
Moab: Arches Book Store, Back of Beyond Books, Canyon Voyages, Gearheads
Salt Lake City: Sid's Sports, Walton Marine
Wyoming,
Jackson Hole: Valley Bookstore
Order Day Hikes from the River, Guide to the Colorado River & Hijacking A River and save over $6.
Combination available for $56 HERE
A trip-planner's dream! Order Guide to the Colorado River, Day Hikes from the River 4th Edition, Hijacking A River,
Quicksand & Blue Springs, Gourmet Camping Cuisine and a scuffed Park Ranger and save 10%.
Combination available for $100 HERE
Ordering Information:
BIG WATER, LITTLE BOATS
Moulty Fulmer and the First Grand Canyon Dory on the Last of the Wild Colorado
by Tom Martin 978-09795055-6-0 May 2012
Soft cover, 240 pages, b&w and color photos throughout, $24.95
DAY HIKES FROM THE RIVER Fourth Edition
A Guide to 100 Hikes from Camps on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park
by Tom Martin 978-09795055-4-6 June 2010
Soft cover, 224 pages, 8 pages of color photos, $21.95
FLOATING HOGANS IN MONUMENT VALLEY
Remembering the First Marina in Navajoland
by Wanda Morlan Eilts 0-9795055-0-X 2007
soft cover, 176 pages, 4 pages of color photographs, perfectbound $14.95
GOURMET CAMPING CUISINE
Menus for rafting, canoeing, camping, and RVers
by Marilynn Murphey Machin 0-9771694-0-5 2006
soft cover, 224 pages spiral bound $26.95
GUIDE TO THE GREEN RIVER in DESOLATION AND GRAY CANYONS
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HIJACKING A RIVER
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WALKING THE UNKNOWN RIVER
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