page_title: List of Colorado River rapids and features
hierarchical_section_title: List of Colorado River rapids and features
caption_attribution_description: Motorized boat in Hermit Rapid
context_page_description: The following is a list of major rapids and other notable features on the Colorado River through Marble Canyon and Grand Canyon below Glen Canyon Dam, in order of their position downstream of Lee's Ferry. Ratings are given for how difficult the rapid is to navigate by whitewater raft or other water craft. The Grand Canyon section of the Colorado River, like several other big-water Western rivers, uses a scale of 1-10 for rapids, 10 being the most difficult. The International Scale of River Difficulty, which classifies rapids from class I to VI, is more common elsewhere in the US and internationally.
  Mile 0.0 - Lee's Ferry
  Mile 0.2 - Paria River Riffle
  Mile 2.8 - Cathedral Wash
  Mile 4.2 - Navajo Bridges
  Mile 8.0 - Badger Creek Rapid- First significant rapid in Marble Canyon with a large pour over in the center right.
  Mile 11.4 - Soap Creek Rapid
  Mile 12.1 - Brown's Riffle On July 9, 1889, the President of the Denver, Colorado Canyon and Pacific Railroad, Frank Mason Brown, drowned at this point when the boat he was in capsized. He was not wearing a life jacket.
  Mile 14.5 - Sheer Wall Rapid
  Mile 17.1 - House Rock Rapid- The second large rapid in the Canyon.
context_section_description: The following is a list of major rapids and other notable features on the Colorado River through Marble Canyon and Grand Canyon below Glen Canyon Dam, in order of their position downstream of Lee's Ferry. Ratings are given for how difficult the rapid is to navigate by whitewater raft or other water craft. The Grand Canyon section of the Colorado River, like several other big-water Western rivers, uses a scale of 1-10 for rapids, 10 being the most difficult. The International Scale of River Difficulty, which classifies rapids from class I to VI, is more common elsewhere in the US and internationally.
  Mile 0.0 - Lee's Ferry 
  Mile 0.2 - Paria River Riffle
  Mile 2.8 - Cathedral Wash (2)
  Mile 4.2 - Navajo Bridges 
  Mile 8.0 - Badger Creek Rapid (4-6)- First significant rapid in Marble Canyon with a large pour over in the center right.
  Mile 11.4 - Soap Creek Rapid (5-6)
  Mile 12.1 - Brown's Riffle (2) On July 9, 1889, the President of the Denver, Colorado Canyon and Pacific Railroad, Frank Mason Brown, drowned at this point when the boat he was in capsized. He was not wearing a life jacket.
  Mile 14.5 - Sheer Wall Rapid (2-3)
  Mile 17.1 - House Rock Rapid (4-7)- The second large rapid in the Canyon.  A large hole on the left side of the river forms at most water levels, necessitating a right run.
  Mile 17.7 - Redneck Rapid (3)
  Mile 20.7 - North Canyon Rapid (4-5) (beginning of the "Roaring 20's")
  Mile 21.4 - 21 Mile Rapid (4-5)
  Mile 23.2 - 23 Mile Rapid (4) A sharp lateral on the right has flipped many a raft here.
  Mile 23.5 - 23.5 Mile Rapid (4)
  Mile 24.4 - 24 Mile (Georgie) Rapid (3-7)
  Mile 24.7 - 24.5 Mile Rapid (5-6) On July 8, 1949, 79-year-old Albert "Bert" Loper had a heart attack and died in this rapid while rowing his boat Grand Canyon.
  Mile 25.1 - 25 Mile (Hansbrough-Richards) Rapid (6) This rapid is named for two more men of the Brown Stanton expedition, Peter Hansbrough and Henry Richards, also not wearing life jackets, who drowned at this rapid on Monday, July 15, 1889.
  Mile 25.7 - Cave Springs Rapid (5)
  Mile 26.8 - 27 Mile (Tiger Wash) Rapid (5)
  Mile 29.4 - 29 Mile Rapid (3), Silver Grotto, and Shinumo Wash Camp
  Mile 32.0 - Stanton's Cave
  Mile 32.2 - Vasey's Paradise
  Mile 33.2 - No rapid - site of the proposed Redwall Dam
  Mile 33.3 - Redwall Cavern - A very large alcove in the Redwall Sandstone at river level.  Very popular stop for river trips. 
  Mile 35.0 - Nautiloid Canyon
  Mile 36.0 - The Bridge of Sighs; this is one of the few Grand Canyon arches visible from the river.
  Mile 36.3 - 36 Mile Rapid (4)
  Mile 39.7 - No rapid - site of the proposed Marble Canyon Damsite.
  Mile 43.3 - Anasazi Bridge
  Mile 44.0 - President Harding Rapid (4)- The river splits around a large rock in the middle of the river.
  Mile 52.4 - Nankoweap Rapid (1-3) 
  Nankoweap Creek is a popular campsite.  A steep trail up the talus slope leads to Ancestral Puebloan granaries. This is also where the Nankoweap Trail reaches the river.
  Mile 56.3 - Kwagunt Rapid (4-6)
  Mile 60.1 - 60 Mile Rapid (4)
  Mile 61.7 - Little Colorado River Confluence.
  Mile 65.1 - Carbon Creek
  Mile 65.9 - Lava Canyon (Chuar) Rapid (2-4)
  Mile 69.0 - Tanner Rapid (2-4), terminus of the Tanner Trail and the Tanner Graben
  Mile 69.9 - Basalt Rapid (2) This rapid has a sharp pour-over on the left at low water.
  Mile 72.9 - Unkar Rapid (4-7) 
  Mile 73.6 - 73.6 Mile Riffle (2) This rapid has some exposed boulders on the left.
  Mile 75.8 - 75 Mile (Nevills) Rapid (4-7)
  Mile 77.1 - Hance Rapid (7-8) - Multiple large rocks constrict the channel and form powerful hydraulics; terminus of the Hance Trail.
  Mile 79.1 - Sockdolager Rapid (5-7) - (Sockdolager is an archaic slang word for knockout blow.)
  Mile 82.1 - Grapevine Rapid (6-7)
  Mile 84.1 - 83 Mile Rapid (3-6)
  Mile 85.3 - Zoroaster Rapid (4-5)
  Mile 85.8 - 85 Mile Rapid (3)
  Mile 88.1 - Kaibab Bridge and Phantom Ranch boat beach, where the South Kaibab Trail crosses the river
  Mile 88.3 - Bright Angel Rapid (3), Bright Angel Creek and  Bright Angel Bridge, where the River Trail begins
  Mile 89.5 - Pipe Creek Rapid (3), where the River Trail ends and
caption: Motorized raft in Hermit Rapid (Mile 95.5)
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