Canyons
Escalante River Arm of Lake Powell: A Guide
The Escalante arm is the wildest water on Lake Powell — narrow canyons, ruins, and empty beaches, reachable only by boat. Here is what it takes to get there.
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Canyons
The Escalante arm is the wildest water on Lake Powell — narrow canyons, ruins, and empty beaches, reachable only by boat. Here is what it takes to get there.
Canyons
The main channel is a highway. The side canyons are why people come — which ones to boat into, the wakeless rules that protect them, and how water level changes what you can reach.
Planning
Lone Rock Beach is the drive-on, no-reservation shoreline campsite at Lake Powell's Wahweap end — but the rules on toilets, fires and glass trip up people who skip them.
Planning
You can pitch a tent on almost any beach on this lake, and that freedom is the whole point — but the rules about toilets, fires and group size are strict for good reason.