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Afternoon heat can be a bit miserable if not on the river, but more-so can be the bugs. June, July, and August are my least favorite times to be on the river. Once water levels rise, finding paths through the tamarisk for a place to camp is challenging and not fun. In my experience, up canyon winds can be worst in the spring. Flows often start to rise in mid-May to peak flows by the end of May or the first part of June. Seasonįloating in April, May can be pleasant, and usually before the bugs start to come out. The canyon lends itself to lazy afternoons at camp and a leisurely pace. I would recommend 3 days as a minimum if starting at Ruby Ranch, and 4+ if starting from Green River. It is commonly floated from the town of Green River to Mineral Bottom, as a 68-mile trip, or from Ruby Ranch to Mineral Bottom as a 45-mile trip.

The trip is, however, a bit of an endeavor. This may be the best family-friendly river trip in Utah filled with scenery, history, and a lazy meandering river. Though a class I float that more hardcore boaters might consider "boring", the scenery of the float more than makes up for the lack of rapids in my opinion. He and his men named this picturesque canyon.įloating the Green River through Labyrinth Canyon is one of my absolute favorite trips. I can think of no better introduction to Labyrinth Canyon than the imagery Powell conjures up in his description of Labyrinth Canyon when he and his men floated the Green River in 1869. John Wesley Powell, Canyons of the Colorado It gradually grows deeper with every mile of travel the walls are symmetrically curved and grandly arched, of a beautiful color, and reflected in the quiet waters in many places so as almost to deceive the eye and suggest to the beholder the thought that he is looking into profound depths."

"There is an exquisite charm in our ride to-day down this beautiful canyon.