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Cathedral in the Desert pre-submergence
Pre-Dam Historical

Cathedral in the Desert

Looking up at the towering sandstone dome of Cathedral in the Desert in Clear Creek Canyon. The trickle of Clear Creek flows through the base.

Canyon: Clear Creek / Cathedral
Date: May 1961 | Elevation: 0 ft (Pre-dam)
Location: Escalante River Arm
Reflection Canyon overlook
Contemporary Monitoring

Reflection Canyon S-Curve

View from the high overlook showing the classic S-curve sandstone patterns with the reservoir at a moderate elevation of 3620 feet.

Canyon: Reflection Canyon
Date: October 2012 | Elevation: 3,620 ft
Location: Main Channel (Mile 73)
Gregory Natural Bridge submerged
Early Reservoir Era

Gregory Natural Bridge

Historic photo capturing the massive Gregory Natural Bridge almost fully submerged as the reservoir reached its peak operating capacity.

Canyon: Fifty-Mile Creek / Gregory
Date: June 1983 | Elevation: 3,708 ft
Location: Escalante River Arm
Labyrinth Canyon slot walls emerging
Contemporary Monitoring

Labyrinth Canyon Narrows

Kayak exploring the emerging narrow slot canyon walls of Labyrinth Canyon as water levels receded to historically low elevations.

Canyon: Labyrinth Canyon
Date: September 2021 | Elevation: 3,545 ft
Location: Main Channel (Mile 16)
Hite delta sediment exposure
Contemporary Monitoring

Hite Crossing Delta

The Colorado River carving a channel through decades of accumulated silt and sediment delta formations at Hite as Lake Powell receded southward.

Canyon: Hite / Upper Colorado
Date: August 2022 | Elevation: 3,532 ft
Location: Upper Channel (Mile 140)
Lees Ferry pre-dam canyon walls
Pre-Dam Historical

Lees Ferry Crossing Point

Historic view looking downstream near the original ferry crossing point, before the completion of the Glen Canyon Dam upstream.

Canyon: Lees Ferry / Glen Canyon Base
Date: September 1959 | Elevation: 0 ft (Pre-dam)
Location: Lees Ferry (Mile 0)