Wild Wild, West Canoeing the Green River, Utah, USA

Not only is the Green River one of the Colorado’s main tributaries, it might also be the most beautiful. Though the gentle swifts are often overshadowed by the notorious whitewater of the Colorado, the canyons of the Green offer a special magic all their own. Join Björn Nehrhoff for a laid-back canoe trip through Stillwater Canyon and experience a splendor that transcends time.

Words and photography: Björn Nehrhoff

I first read about the Green River when searching for a great paddle trip in the southwest USA.The 1,170 km waterway is the chief tributary of the Colorado River, its source in Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains. Descriptions of the river's abundant wildlife and stunning scenery as it makes its way to the Colorado quickly piqued my interest. A few months later, we are floating through the confluence of the Green and the Colorado, close to the end of our trip, when a sentence I read doing research pops back in my mind, and I feel that the fact sheet got it wrong. Tributary it may be, from the canoe point of view, the Green River looks bigger and has a higher water flow than the Colorado! Besides, the drainage basin…

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Kayak Session (Digital) - 1 Issue, Paddle World magazine 2020

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