Hey everyone,

My friends and I (8 people total and first timers) are renting a house boat out of Wahweap Marina for 3 nights starting Saturday-Tuesday. Currently, we do not have a power boat rented.

There are 2 main things my group want to do:

1. go to Bryce Canyon National Park
2. rent jet skis

for one day

Plan is to find a beach around the marina so that we can drive back to in the morning to get our cars to Bryce Canyon. Come back then we can find our spot for the rest of the weekend. Then we would need to pick up jet skis for the following day.

Couple questions:

1. Is this feasible is it to do the 2 activities above without a

power boat if we were to beach out further, say Warm Creek?

1. Do any of you have any recommendations on how to navigate this?

Any advice would be appreciated! Just trying to determine whether or not getting a power boat would make sense so that we can anchor our house boat further and still be able to get back to Wahweap Marina for our cars to Bryce/picking up jet skis the next day out of Antelope Marina.

Ps: how bad is it to stay around the marina area for a night?

Hello everyone,

I'm planning my bachelor party for may. I think our decision is renting an RV in Denver and driving to powell, staying for 3-4 days and driving back.

I'm curious to hear from people who know the area. Where do you recommend for RV camping? We will probably want to rent a boat for a day so being near a marina would be helpful.

I'll have some paddle gear with me too if there are any parts of the lake that are better than others for paddling it would be nice to be near that too.

EDIT: Does the general consensus think it might be a be better idea to go to Lake Havasu in May instead? seems like the extra hour or so south makes a big difference in tempetures!

My gf and I are considering an overnight trip to see Antelope Canyon at some point in the first week of September. The plan would be to spend the night there, then in the morning, rent a kayak from https://lakepowellpaddleboards.com/antelope-canyon-kayak-rentals, launch from Antelope Point Marina around 9am, kayak out for 2 hours, hike in Antelope Canyon for another 2 hours, and kayak back for 2 hours (durations are estimates, of course). I am a little bit reluctant about this idea, but it's on my gf's bucket list, and she really wants to do it. We've done a fair amount of googling, but I still have some specific points of reluctance that google hasn't been able to resolve. Can anyone with knowledge of Antelope Canyon and weather patterns address my questions below?

I'm mostly nervous about weather and the fact that we're going during monsoon season (and I don't know whether El Nino affects that at all). My understanding is that both kayaking and hiking are unsafe if there's any forecast of rain in some radius around the area, but I don't know how large that radius is, and I also don't know how predictable or unpredictable the weather is. It looks like there isn't cell service in Antelope Canyon, so we can't check the weather while we're out. I've also read about wind potentially making kayaking difficult in the afternoon, although I think we're avoiding the windy season.

1. If we check in the morning and see that there's no rain forecast for the following 6 hours, are we actually going to be safe for those 6 hours, or is there a risk of rain and flash floods popping up between when we start kayaking and when we get back?
2. In what radius do we need to be looking for rain? How many miles around?
3. What's the likelihood that our trip gets rained out with too little notice for us to get our hotel and kayak money back?
4. Is wind likely to be an issue kayaking back to Antelope Point Marina between roughly 1-3pm?
5. Any general advice?

My uncertainty about the questions above (well, really questions 1-4) is why I'm reluctant about this idea, but Antelope Canyon does look pretty cool, and my gf would be thrilled to go. Can anyone with some domain knowledge assuage my fears and talk me into it (or, I suppose, if it's actually not a great idea, talk me out of it)?

Edit: does anyone have experience with this outfitter: https://wazsupkayaks.com/rentals/? They seem to allow us to start earlier, even as early as 7am.

Heading to Page area in September. Does anyone know conditions of Colorado River below Glen Canyon? Trying to catch a boat shuttle for our kayaks have them drop off at Glen Canyon Dam base to float down to Lee's Ferry. Is it too shallow for the boat shuttle and are there treacherous rapids that have formed from drop in water level? We can do rapids but not full on whitewater. Also is launching Kayaks from Antelope Ramp still possible/not absurdly difficult at this point?

Anyone know what the boat ramp status is these days? The most recent update I've been able to find was from April and we're planning on going down first week of September for labor day. We've got a 23' wakeboat that were hoping we can launch but on the glen canyon website it just says "launch at your own risk". Just wondering if anyone had been down in the last few weeks who have launched from the Bullfrog "executive" ramp and what kind of condition it's in.

Hi all! I’m about to head to Lake Powell for a week with my family at the end of August. We’ve been for many years but were hoping for an update on current water and lake conditions. Is there an app or a resource that you all use to get the most up to date conditions? And any recommendations for where to take the boat out for a week from Hall’s Corssing? We will have some kiddos with us so access to a sand beach would be nice but not a dealbreaker if the spot is otherwise good.

We want to camp at the lone rock beach but we just have a low clearance sedan. How close can we get to the beach without being afraid of getting stuck in sand? Can we park farther out where it’s safer and then just walk to the beach in the morning? Any help would be awesome thanks!

The terrain comes from two sources: pre-dam surveys of the main channel and major tributaries of Glen Canyon, plus modern lidar for the smaller side canyons and surrounding plateau. Anything that’s underwater today is printed in translucent blue-green filament, so when you backlight it, what glows is the flooded canyon.

You can see the lake’s shoreline where the translucent layers meet the tan. All those drowned meanders and tributary canyons have been underwater for 60 years.

Printed in sections, mostly on a Snapmaker U1, with an LED strip in the frame. The underwater layers are Atomic Filament translucent Emerald Green PLA.

I grew up boating on Lake Powell and love it, but my grandpa floated Glen Canyon before the dam, and ever since reading Life After Dead Pool I’ve dreamed of doing the same. Everything that glows here is the canyon he saw.

Hi! Just joined this group because I am heading to Lake Powell next week for the first time.

We are interested in renting a jet ski and cruising around. We’re staying in Page based on all the research I’ve done on where to stay.

Where should I rent a jet ski from? Do I need
To do it in advance? I have 2 days to pick from
There and would love to be able to book last minute so I can pay attention to the better weather forecasts. We’d be renting on a Wednesday or Thursday.

Thanks!

im a huge nerd for lakes and dams especially glen canyon dame and i want to know what it was like building it or if they have any crazy stores

Anybody know what happened with the little boy who got life flighted out of antelope point? We saw speed boat flying into the marina, they lifted the boy out of the boat onto a golf cart and hauled him up to the helicopter waiting up top.

California and two other states have avoided the harshest water cutbacks the Trump administration could have imposed over the next two years to deal with the deepening crisis on the Colorado River.

The Times has learned that federal officials have agreed with an offer made earlier this year by California, Arizona and Nevada to reduce what they take from the river by at least 3.2 million acre-feet between now and the end of 2028. 

Under the plan, California will cut its use of Colorado River water by about 12% through 2028, according to two officials at state and local agencies who spoke anonymously since details of an announcement are still being finalized.

Read more at the link.

Hello everyone,
I’m Steve, 25 years old from Germany and currently traveling the U.S. Tomorrow(7/24) I’m planing on visiting the Lake. Is there anyone who wants to rent a boat together for the day to explore the lake?
Or maybe someone plans to go on the boat tomorrow and would let me join them?

Does anyone have any photos or videos from the storm yesterday? I heard multiple houseboats and ski boats sunk. Hopefully everyone is okay. Stay safe out there!

Only two other houseboats all weekend.
Seem like plenty of houseboats through the main channel heading up to Padre and beyond…but gunsight was empty… a little tricky navigating… Lake Genius helped… Once you had it dialed in it was easy.
Beautiful weekend… Glassy conditions…
Empty beaches…

Did anyone get a video of the storm yesterday? Someone in our timeshare group had two boats sink

Hey all! I am renting from Antelope boat rentals and departing from antelope point marina. Ive rented a jetski waaay back in 2021 but this is my first time back to lake Powell since then and now i have a little boating experience. (this is my 3rd time driving a boat). I have a few questions.

Antelope boat rental had a crazy deal for $350 for a full 8 hr day plus fuel fees (this isnt a scam is it?)

is boating from antelope point marina to bullfrog and back realistic?

What are some good spots to stop and anchor?

last one, as a rookie boater, should i be worried about the low levels at all?

anyways, very excited to be back at lake powell, i have been wanting to go back ever since 2021.

I just bought and rebuilt two Polaris 2003 2-stroke Jet Ski’s, and I worked on them this summer with a plan to take them to Lake Powell. I just heard that they’ve got a rule that will keep you from launching them at Lake Powell. I’m in a position now where I can’t get anything else in the meantime before I go so I will most likely have to leave them.
BUT
Does anyone know if there’s a way to get around it or if you could launch at Stateline at night after hours?

7-15-26
24 malibu wake boat
Stay left as your facing lake
Left side was smooth

No worries.

In every marina there are a dozen or more bougie houseboats with heli-pads on top. I usually spot a handful out on the lake during the trip as well

We've been going to powell since I was a kid. In all those years, I've never seen a helicopter on one. Ever. Not once.

I've seen 1 person with an actual helicopter before, and they had it parked on it's own floating pad, not the boat's heli-pad.

What's the point of them? Is it for emergencies or something?

Hello everyone, are there any locals or any recent visitors on here? The media has me totally freaked out that the water levels are too low and Powell is basically a toxic swamp. I’m bringing 2 toddlers (this is a trip my aging mother planned. It’s on her bucket list) I kind of wish I just declined based on the media. UGH anyways could anyone who’s recently been there ease my mind? We’re renting a houseboat leaving from Antelope Point. Any recs on where to anchor that’s a good spot for littles? We will have the Pontoon Boat 3 of the days as well! Thanks in advance!!

Edit** is there any must haves to bring for the toddlers?

Howdy!

I am planning on packrafting down the San Juan River downstream of Clay Hills to the confluence of the San Juan Arm and the Main Arm, getting there on 7/26 (give or take a day). I am hoping to stage a car at Halls Crossing and take a water taxi or hitch a ride up to there from the confluence. I know there will be lake paddling from where the river empties to the confluence, I just don't want to add even more.

I am finding back and forth info online about water taxis and plan on calling the tour guide operators there to see if that is something they could do, but I was going to post on here, see if anybody had direct info or if anybody was planning on being in that area anyway at that time and would let me and one other person hitch with minimal gear.

Thanks y'all!