Many highlights of the Owyhee are typically experienced on this day, depending on the groups location. With a beautiful hike at Chalk Basin, displaying a wide array of colors in the soil. Also, the towering Green Dragon Canyon is awaiting just down river with some of the most challenging rapids on the river.
Meal prepared by staff at campsite along the river
Rapids encountered include class III Dog Leg and class IV- Whistling Bird. The morning’s activities include a hike at beautiful Chalk Basin, where multicolored rock pillars and alcoves create a geologic wonderland. The chalk at Chalk Basin is sediment from a lake that existed here, 10 million years ago. Later lava poured over the sediments, baked them into hard brick, and created the colorful landscape we see there today.
Meal prepared by staff at riverside
We float through spectacular Green Dragon Canyon, where Rhyolite (volcanic) cliffs soar nearly 2,000 feet overhead. Some of the river’s most challenging rapids are here, too, including Rock Trap, Squeeze, and class IV Montgomery.
Meal prepared by staff at campsite along the river