Marble Canyon Dam

It would rise approximately 300 feet above the river surface and sink 100 feet below to bedrock.

Marble canyon dam.

Plans centered on two sites between miles 30 and 40 in the canyon. We guide fishing and run backhauls upriver to glen canyon dam where our clients float back to the lee s ferry dock 16 miles or anywhere in between. Steve has been guiding in this area for over 40 years and knows just about every nook and cranny in the place. Proposed and investigated in the early 1950s by the united states bureau of reclamation 1 the proposal met substantial opposition notably from the sierra club when a revived proposal was considered by the state of arizona as part of the central arizona project from 1965 to 1968.

Kayak horseshoe bend kayak horseshoe bend is a kayak canoe paddleboard and inflatable watercraft backhaul service. Kayaking marble canyon glen canyon dam to lee s ferry we have hiked all around page and lee s ferry. He took us from lees ferry boat ramp up the colorado river to the glen canyon dam. Marble canyon outfitters at lees ferry specializes in helping you make the most of your fly fishing experience at this wonderful destination.

It s potential power output is calculated at two and three quarters billion killo watt hours a year. The marble canyon dam also known as the redwall dam was a proposed dam on the colorado river in arizona the dam was intended to impound a relatively small reservoir in the central portion of marble canyon to develop hydroelectric power. Each time i d drive over the bridge i would look down. We move small boats from the launch ramp at lees ferry the beginning of the grand canyon 15 miles up the colorado river to just below the glen canyon dam that creates lake powell.

We have a large selection of sit on top kayaks inflatable kayaks stand up paddle boards sup and fishing boats. Together with lee s ferry marble canyon with its magnificent purple and almost vertical cliffs marks the start of the western end of the grand canyon. Located about two hours from flagstaff arizona just below glen canyon dam and stretching from this part of the colorado river to its confluence with the little colorado river is marble canyon. Marble canyon is the site of one of the last great proposed dam projects on the colorado the marble canyon dam.

The dam is on paper for marble canyon. Hayden who would leave office in 1968 knew that the only way to gain the needed support for the central arizona project canal was to accede to the demands of the california congressmen and concede the dam at marble canyon.