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Kayak Horseshoe Bend

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Kayak Horseshoe Bend is a kayak & canoe livery in Marble Canyon. They offer backhaul services and rentals for kayaks and paddleboards on the Colorado River, taking paddlers 15 miles upriver from Lees Ferry to just below Glen Canyon Dam. Trips can range from a couple of hours to a full day, with a common 4 to 5-hour paddle to Petroglyph Beach at Horseshoe Bend.

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Disciplines
Kayaking

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Around here

Around Kayak Horseshoe Bend

Lees Ferry Campground11.4 miNavajo Bridge Interpretive Center8.4 mi10 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

Typical flow by month

1922 to 2026

The water at Kayak Horseshoe Bend typically runs highest in June, at a median 17,200 cfs, and lowest in October, at 8,430 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 124,000 cfs, in 1957.

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Typical flow by month at Colorado River at Lees Ferry, AZ, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January10,2005,350 to 13,700
February9,5706,280 to 12,200
March9,7707,660 to 11,800
April11,6009,640 to 17,700
May16,00010,400 to 35,700
June17,20011,900 to 45,800
July15,00011,900 to 20,900
August13,4008,830 to 15,900
September9,7706,330 to 13,300
October8,4306,540 to 10,900
November8,5556,710 to 11,600
December9,3205,770 to 13,200

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 105 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Colorado River at Lees Ferry, AZ (site 09380000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

Today · Fri

79Go/ 100

CloudyHigh 61°F, low 41°FRain 2%Wind 11 kt, gusts 14

Streamflow

6,680 cfs

Normal (28th)

Water level

7.70 ft

Water

56°F

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF).

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