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River Trip Orientation Video - Chapter 3
Low Impact Camping
Chapter 3 - Low Impact Camping - Download Windows Media & Quicktime versions from this page.
 
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Chapter 3 - Duration 2:46
Low Impact Camping
Because there are now so many of us, this chapter gives some low impact camping tips for Colorado River Trips within Grand Canyon National Park.

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COLORADO RIVER AT THE BOTTOM OF GRAND CANYON  

Did You Know?
From Yavapai Point on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, the drop to the Colorado River below is 4,600 feet (1,400 m). The elevation at river level is 2,450 feet (750 m) above sea level. Without the Colorado River, a perennial river in a desert environment, the Grand Canyon would not exist.

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