Flaming Gorge

If the Canyon really was created in a short period of time, say, less than 1,000 years, the dams along the Colorado system – Flaming Gorge, Glen Canyon, and Hoover, to mention three of the biggest – probably are unsafe to operate.

"How Old Is It?" - The Panda's Thumb 2006

I am inclined to think that the double turn of the swirling river where it enters Flaming Gorge is the place known at that time as the Green River Suck.

A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

The distance from Flaming Gorge to Beehive Point is 9 2/3 miles.

Canyons of the Colorado John Wesley Powell 1868

It will be remembered that the course of the river from Flaming Gorge to

Canyons of the Colorado John Wesley Powell 1868

After we left Flaming Gorge, we headed into Colorado and then through Grand Junction and Ridgeway / Ouray / Silverton to Durango.

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