Noncommercial River Permits
Grand Canyon Noncommercial River Permits - River Trip Calendars for Issued Permits
Noncommercial data last updated on September 28, 2022. Commercial data last updated on September 22, 2022.
River Trip Calendars for Issued Permits for September 2022
Five separate river trip calendars are available
- Lees Ferry launch calendar
- Phantom Ranch exchange calendar
- Whitmore exchange calendar
- Diamond Creek takeout calendar
- Pearce Ferry takeout calendar
These calendars list launch schedules for river trips with issued permits for commercial, noncommercial, and National Park Service administrative trips. Patrol trips are not included. The calendars are available approximately three months in advance. Noncommercial data is updated daily. Commercial data is updated weekly. Commercial trips do not launch during the following months: November, December, January, February, and March.
How to read the calendars
Each river trip is labeled on the calendar according to its planned schedule. The first abbreviation represents the name of the company or type of trip. The second number represents the maximum number of passengers at any given time (including crew). The final series of numbers and letters reflect the trip's planned schedule. All trips launch from Lees Ferry. Trips launching from Diamond Creek are not included.
Abbreviations
Type of Trip/Company Names
PRIV = Private Noncommercial Trip
ARIZ = Arizona River Runners
CANY = Canyoneers
GCDY = Grand Canyon Discovery
HATC = Hatch River Expeditions
RAFT = Grand Canyon Raft Adventures
WILD = Wilderness River Adventures
ADMN = NPS Administrative Trip
AZRA = Arizona Raft Adventures
COLO = CO River and Trail Expeditions
GCEX = Grand Canyon Expeditions
OARS = O.A.R.S. Grand Canyon
TOUR = Tour West
GCROA = Grand Canyon River Outfitters Association
TRAN = Commercial Training Trip
CAEX = Canyon Explorations
EXPD = Canyon Expeditions
GCW = Grand Canyon Whitewater
OUTD = Outdoors Unlimited
WEST = Western River Expeditions
Location
P = Phantom Ranch
J = Jet boat
W = Whitmore Helipad
L = Lake Mead (Pearce Ferry)
D = Diamond Creek
> = "Deadhead" (equipment/crew only)
Examples
PRIV 15 9P 12D 3L = A planned maximum of 15 participants, 9 days to Phantom Ranch, 12 more days to Diamond Creek, 3 more days to Lake Mead to take out
WEST 28 6W 3J >L = 28 participants, 6 days to Whitmore Helipad, 3 days to off-load passengers by jet boat, the crew and equipment will continue to Lake Mead
GCEX 20 10D = 20 participants, 10 days to Diamond Creek
Lees Ferry Launches for September 2022
The Lees Ferry launch calendar lists all trips by their launch dates. The launch schedule will mirror the launch schedule in Appendix B of the 2006 Colorado River Management Plan (CRMP) with two exceptions. First, additional administrative trips may be listed on the calendar. Administrative trips are always additional trips and never displace recreational trips. Second, some commercial trip slots may not be utilized - when earlier trips use up a company's total user-day allocation for a season, additional trips may not be launched by that concessionaire. The number of days that trips can spend on each segment of the river above Diamond Creek are not dictated by the CRMP; only total trip lengths are restricted and vary by the season within which the launch occurs. For detailed information, see the Commercial Operating Requirements and the Noncommercial River Trip Regulations.
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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September 1, 2022" PRIV 16 7P 11DGCEX 17 8J>L GCW 29 7W>L HATC 32 7W>L OARS 16 17L>L |
September 2, 2022" PRIV 16 7P 10DPRIV 16 8P 10D CAEX 19 7P9D>D GCEX 13 8J>L WILD 28 7W>L |
September 3, 2022" PRIV 16 8P 10DARIZ 26 6W2J>L COLO 20 11W3J>L GCEX 25 8J>L GCW 28 8D>L |
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September 4, 2022" PRIV 15 7P 9DARIZ 26 7W2J>L AZRA 23 14D>D CANY 24 10D>L OARS 16 7P10L>L |
September 5, 2022" PRIV 16 7P 9DPRIV 16 8P 10D ARIZ 22 7W2J>L HATC 29 7W>L OUTD 23 6P9L>L TOUR 27 6W3J>L |
September 6, 2022" PRIV 16 8P 10DPRIV 7 7P 9D TOUR 20 15J>L WEST 31 7W3J>L WILD 28 7W>L |
September 7, 2022" PRIV 16 7P 11DCANY 0 10D>L EXPD 24 7P10D>D WEST 18 7W3J>L WEST 34 7W3J>L |
September 8, 2022" PRIV 14 5P 7DPRIV 16 8P 10D GCEX 19 16J>L GCEX 22 8J>L HATC 31 7W>L OARS 16 17L>L |
September 9, 2022" PRIV 16 7P 11DGCEX 27 8J>L TOUR 20 9P10W>L WEST 32 7W3J>L WILD 28 4P5W>L |
September 10, 2022" PRIV 16 7P 11DPRIV 16 9P 9D ARIZ 23 6P8D>L AZRA 13 10D>D GCEX 28 8J>L |
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September 11, 2022" PRIV 7 8P 10DARIZ 22 5P7J>L AZRA 22 10D>D CANY 22 8D>L OARS 16 7P10L>L |
September 12, 2022" PRIV 16 6P 12DARIZ 28 7W2J>L AZRA 18 6P9D>D GCW 0 6P8D>D GCW 28 4P5D>L HATC 25 7W>L |
September 13, 2022" PRIV 14 8P 10DPRIV 15 8P 10D HATC 29 7W>L OUTD 19 6P10L>L TOUR 16 6W3J>L WILD 27 8W>L |
September 14, 2022" PRIV 16 7P 11DPRIV 16 8P 10D CAEX 14 7P9D>D WEST 27 6W3J>L WEST 32 7W3J>L |
September 15, 2022" PRIV 16 8P 10DAZRA 23 6P9D>D CANY 15 5P6D>L WEST 32 7W3J>L WILD 28 4P5W>L |
September 16, 2022" PRIV 12 8P 11DPRIV 2 7P 9D GCROA 1 16D>D HATC 24 6P7W>D RAFT 0 14D>D |
September 17, 2022" PRIV 16 8P 13DGCEX 19 16D>D OUTD 20 7P9L>L |
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September 18, 2022" PRIV 10 7P 14DPRIV 16 8P 12D AZRA 24 6P9D>D GCROA 0 14D>D OARS 16 16D>D |
September 19, 2022" PRIV 12 9P 12DCAEX 20 7P9D>D GCROA 0 14D>D |
September 20, 2022" PRIV 15 7P 11DPRIV 16 8P 13D GCDY 21 15D>D GCROA 0 14D>D RAFT 0 14D>D |
September 21, 2022" PRIV 16 8P 13DGCROA 0 14D>D TOUR 19 17D>L |
September 22, 2022" PRIV 16 8P 13DPRIV 16 9P 11D EXPD 24 7P10D>D GCROA 0 14D>D WILD 24 14D>D |
September 23, 2022" PRIV 16 10P 11DCANY 0 16D>D OARS 16 6P12D>D |
September 24, 2022" PRIV 16 8P 12DPRIV 16 9P 12D COLO 16 14D>D OUTD 18 7P9D>D TOUR 0 18D>D |
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September 25, 2022" PRIV 16 10P 11DEXPD 16 18D>D GCROA 0 14D>D |
September 26, 2022" PRIV 13 8P 13DPRIV 16 9P 12D AZRA 24 7P9D>D GCROA 0 14D>D TOUR 0 18D>D |
September 27, 2022" PRIV 16 10P 11DGCDY 0 15L>L GCROA 0 14D>D |
September 28, 2022" PRIV 16 8P 10DPRIV 16 8P 9D AZRA 23 16D>D CAEX 18 16D>D OARS 20 17D>D |
September 29, 2022" PRIV 14 10P 11DGCROA 0 14D>D RAFT 19 16D>D |
September 30, 2022" PRIV 16 8P 13DPRIV 6 7P 14D GCW 20 15D>D OARS 16 6P12D>D OUTD 0 16D>D |
Phantom Ranch Exchanges for September 2022
This calendar includes all trips that have scheduled a passenger exchange at Phantom Ranch. Note: noncommercial trips are allowed to modify their exchange schedule up to and including the day of launch.
There are few river camps in the stretch of river between Hance Rapids and Phantom Ranch. If you are not planning to exchange passengers, standard river courtesy calls for selection of camps outside this area. Use of the two camps at Cremation Camp, river mile 87, is restricted to those trips who will be exchanging passengers the following day. If your trip is not exchanging passengers in the vicinity of Phantom Ranch, do not plan to use Cremation Camp. If you are exchanging passengers and the calendar indicates there may be more than two trips doing so the same day as you, expect that Cremation Camp may be full and camp upstream. Courteous communication with other trips on the water can help reduce congestion in the Phantom Ranch area.
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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September 1, 2022" PRIV 16 8P 8DRAFT 21 6P9D>D |
September 2, 2022" |
September 3, 2022" PRIV 9 6P 10DCOLO 22 4P6L>L |
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September 4, 2022" OARS 17 6P8W4L>L |
September 5, 2022" PRIV 15 7P 9D |
September 6, 2022" |
September 7, 2022" PRIV 16 7P 11D |
September 8, 2022" PRIV 16 7P 10DCAEX 19 7P9D>D |
September 9, 2022" |
September 10, 2022" OARS 16 7P10L>LOUTD 23 6P9L>L |
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September 11, 2022" PRIV 16 7P 9D |
September 12, 2022" PRIV 16 8P 10DWILD 28 4P5W>L |
September 13, 2022" PRIV 16 7P 11DEXPD 24 7P10D>D |
September 14, 2022" |
September 15, 2022" PRIV 16 7P 11DARIZ 22 5P7J>L ARIZ 23 6P8D>L GCW 28 4P5D>L |
September 16, 2022" PRIV 16 7P 11D |
September 17, 2022" AZRA 18 6P9D>DGCW 0 6P8D>D OARS 16 7P10L>L TOUR 20 9P10W>L |
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September 18, 2022" PRIV 16 9P 9DPRIV 7 8P 10D OUTD 19 6P10L>L WILD 28 4P5W>L |
September 19, 2022" CANY 15 5P6D>L |
September 20, 2022" PRIV 14 8P 10DAZRA 23 6P9D>D CAEX 14 7P9D>D |
September 21, 2022" HATC 24 6P7W>D |
September 22, 2022" PRIV 16 8P 10D |
September 23, 2022" AZRA 24 6P9D>DOUTD 20 7P9L>L |
September 24, 2022" PRIV 16 8P 13D |
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September 25, 2022" PRIV 16 8P 12DCAEX 20 7P9D>D |
September 26, 2022" PRIV 15 7P 11D |
September 27, 2022" |
September 28, 2022" EXPD 24 7P10D>DOARS 16 6P12D>D |
September 29, 2022" |
September 30, 2022" PRIV 16 9P 11DOUTD 18 7P9D>D |
Whitmore Exchanges for September 2022
Some commercial trips use a helicopter service to fly out or exchange passengers at Whitmore Wash, river mile 187. Helicopter flights are restricted to the hours before 10:00 a.m. except on days with four or more exchanges. The Whitmore schedule is included to assist those who wish to minimize their exposure to overflight noise or congestion.
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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September 1, 2022" OARS 14 7P8W4L>LWEST 30 6W3J>L |
September 2, 2022" WEST 32 6W3J>L |
September 3, 2022" ARIZ 27 7W2J>L |
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September 4, 2022" HATC 30 7W>L |
September 5, 2022" HATC 30 7W>LOARS 16 7P8W4L>L WEST 31 6W3J>L WILD 19 7W>L |
September 6, 2022" GCW 28 7W>LHATC 4 6P7W>D |
September 7, 2022" GCW 29 7W>LHATC 32 7W>L |
September 8, 2022" ARIZ 26 6W2J>LWILD 28 7W>L |
September 9, 2022" |
September 10, 2022" ARIZ 26 7W2J>LTOUR 27 6W3J>L |
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September 11, 2022" ARIZ 22 7W2J>LHATC 29 7W>L OARS 17 6P8W4L>L |
September 12, 2022" WEST 31 7W3J>LWILD 28 7W>L |
September 13, 2022" COLO 20 11W3J>LWEST 18 7W3J>L WEST 34 7W3J>L |
September 14, 2022" HATC 31 7W>L |
September 15, 2022" WEST 32 7W3J>L |
September 16, 2022" WILD 28 4P5W>L |
September 17, 2022" |
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September 18, 2022" ARIZ 28 7W2J>LHATC 25 7W>L TOUR 16 6W3J>L |
September 19, 2022" HATC 29 7W>LWEST 27 6W3J>L |
September 20, 2022" WEST 32 7W3J>LWILD 27 8W>L |
September 21, 2022" WEST 32 7W3J>L |
September 22, 2022" WILD 28 4P5W>L |
September 23, 2022" |
September 24, 2022" |
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September 25, 2022" |
September 26, 2022" TOUR 20 9P10W>L |
September 27, 2022" HATC 24 6P7W>D |
September 28, 2022" |
September 29, 2022" |
September 30, 2022" |
Diamond Creek Takeouts for September 2022
The Diamond Creek calendar includes all trips that indicate that some portion of their equipment and/or passengers will be utilizing the Diamond Creek takeout.
Due to low water levels and increased numbers of launches, congestion has increased at Diamond Creek. Communication and cooperation among all launch ramp users is essential. The Hualapai Tribe has requested that groups not de-rig at the launch ramp between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. If the schedule indicates that several other trips will be taking out the same day as you, try to expedite your takeout and use as little space on the ramp as possible.
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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September 1, 2022" ARIZ 27 8J>LGCEX 0 8J>L GCEX 14 8J>L |
September 2, 2022" PRIV 8 8P 8DAZRA 0 14D>D AZRA 15 8D>D GCEX 28 8J>L OARS 14 7P8W4L>L OUTD 10 6P8L>L WEST 30 6W3J>L |
September 3, 2022" PRIV 16 6P 10DARIZ 27 7W2J>L GCEX 20 8J>L GCW 25 4P5D>L WEST 32 6W3J>L |
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September 4, 2022" PRIV 8 6P 10DEXPD 0 15D>D HATC 30 7W>L RAFT 24 8D>D |
September 5, 2022" GCEX 0 8J>LGCEX 15 8J>L HATC 30 7W>L WILD 19 7W>L |
September 6, 2022" GCW 28 7W>LHATC 4 6P7W>D OARS 16 7P8W4L>L RAFT 0 14D>D WEST 31 6W3J>L |
September 7, 2022" PRIV 16 6P 10DCOLO 22 4P6L>L GCW 29 7W>L HATC 32 7W>L |
September 8, 2022" PRIV 12 8P 8DPRIV 8 6P 10D ARIZ 26 6W2J>L AZRA 9 10D>D CANY 19 15D>D GCEX 17 8J>L WILD 28 7W>L |
September 9, 2022" GCEX 13 8J>LRAFT 21 6P9D>D |
September 10, 2022" PRIV 15 7P 9DARIZ 26 7W2J>L GCDY 20 14D>D GCEX 25 8J>L GCW 28 8D>L |
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September 11, 2022" ARIZ 22 7W2J>LAZRA 20 14D>D HATC 29 7W>L TOUR 27 6W3J>L |
September 12, 2022" PRIV 13 9P 7DOARS 17 6P8W4L>L WILD 28 7W>L |
September 13, 2022" PRIV 9 6P 10DCANY 24 10D>L WEST 31 7W3J>L |
September 14, 2022" PRIV 15 7P 9DPRIV 8 7P 9D COLO 20 11W3J>L EXPD 0 15D>D HATC 31 7W>L WEST 18 7W3J>L WEST 34 7W3J>L |
September 15, 2022" GCEX 22 8J>LOARS 16 17L>L |
September 16, 2022" CAEX 19 7P9D>DCANY 0 10D>L GCEX 27 8J>L WEST 32 7W3J>L WILD 28 4P5W>L |
September 17, 2022" AZRA 23 14D>DGCEX 28 8J>L OARS 16 7P10L>L OUTD 23 6P9L>L |
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September 18, 2022" PRIV 16 7P 10DPRIV 16 7P 11D ARIZ 28 7W2J>L CANY 22 8D>L HATC 25 7W>L |
September 19, 2022" PRIV 15 7P 9DAZRA 13 10D>D GCW 28 4P5D>L HATC 29 7W>L TOUR 16 6W3J>L TOUR 20 15J>L |
September 20, 2022" PRIV 16 7P 9DARIZ 22 5P7J>L AZRA 22 10D>D WEST 27 6W3J>L WILD 27 8W>L |
September 21, 2022" WEST 32 7W3J>L |
September 22, 2022" ARIZ 23 6P8D>LEXPD 24 7P10D>D GCEX 19 16J>L OARS 16 17L>L WEST 32 7W3J>L WILD 28 4P5W>L |
September 23, 2022" |
September 24, 2022" CANY 15 5P6D>LGCW 0 6P8D>D OARS 16 7P10L>L |
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September 25, 2022" AZRA 18 6P9D>D |
September 26, 2022" PRIV 16 7P 11DOUTD 19 6P10L>L TOUR 20 9P10W>L |
September 27, 2022" PRIV 16 7P 11DPRIV 16 9P 9D HATC 24 6P7W>D |
September 28, 2022" PRIV 7 8P 10DAZRA 23 6P9D>D CAEX 14 7P9D>D |
September 29, 2022" PRIV 16 6P 12DRAFT 0 14D>D |
September 30, 2022" PRIV 14 8P 10DPRIV 15 8P 10D OUTD 20 7P9L>L |
Pearce Ferry Takeouts for September 2022
The Pearce Ferry calendar includes all trips that indicate that some portion of their equipment and/or passengers will be utilizing the Pearce Ferry takeout. The calendar does not include river trips managed by the Hualapai Tribe.
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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September 1, 2022" GCEX 0 8J>LGCEX 14 8J>L HATC 12 10W>L HATC 31 7W>L |
September 2, 2022" ARIZ 27 8J>LGCEX 28 8J>L |
September 3, 2022" ARIZ 27 8J>LGCEX 20 8J>L OUTD 10 6P8L>L WEST 30 6W3J>L |
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September 4, 2022" ARIZ 27 7W2J>LGCW 25 4P5D>L OARS 14 7P8W4L>L WEST 32 6W3J>L |
September 5, 2022" PRIV 16 8P 8D 3LARIZ 27 7W2J>L GCEX 0 8J>L GCEX 15 8J>L HATC 30 7W>L |
September 6, 2022" HATC 30 7W>LWILD 19 7W>L |
September 7, 2022" PRIV 15 7P 9D 3LGCW 28 7W>L WEST 31 6W3J>L |
September 8, 2022" PRIV 11 8P 8D 3LPRIV 8 7P 9D 2L COLO 22 4P6L>L GCEX 17 8J>L GCW 29 7W>L HATC 32 7W>L OARS 16 7P8W4L>L |
September 9, 2022" ARIZ 26 6W2J>LGCEX 13 8J>L WILD 28 7W>L |
September 10, 2022" ARIZ 26 6W2J>LGCEX 25 8J>L |
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September 11, 2022" PRIV 16 8P 8D 2LARIZ 26 7W2J>L GCW 28 8D>L |
September 12, 2022" PRIV 16 7P 9D 1LARIZ 22 7W2J>L ARIZ 26 7W2J>L HATC 29 7W>L TOUR 27 6W3J>L |
September 13, 2022" ARIZ 22 7W2J>LCANY 24 10D>L WILD 28 7W>L |
September 14, 2022" OARS 17 6P8W4L>LWEST 31 7W3J>L |
September 15, 2022" COLO 20 11W3J>LGCEX 22 8J>L HATC 31 7W>L WEST 18 7W3J>L WEST 34 7W3J>L |
September 16, 2022" COLO 20 11W3J>LGCEX 27 8J>L |
September 17, 2022" PRIV 15 5P 11D 2LCANY 0 10D>L GCEX 28 8J>L OARS 16 17L>L WEST 32 7W3J>L WILD 28 4P5W>L |
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September 18, 2022" OUTD 23 6P9L>L |
September 19, 2022" ARIZ 28 7W2J>LCANY 22 8D>L HATC 25 7W>L OARS 16 7P10L>L |
September 20, 2022" PRIV 14 5P 7D 1LARIZ 28 7W2J>L GCW 28 4P5D>L HATC 29 7W>L TOUR 16 6W3J>L TOUR 20 15J>L |
September 21, 2022" ARIZ 22 5P7J>LWEST 27 6W3J>L WILD 27 8W>L |
September 22, 2022" PRIV 16 8P 10D 3LARIZ 22 5P7J>L WEST 32 7W3J>L |
September 23, 2022" PRIV 16 8P 10D 3LPRIV 7 7P 9D 2L ARIZ 23 6P8D>L GCEX 19 16J>L WEST 32 7W3J>L WILD 28 4P5W>L |
September 24, 2022" OARS 16 17L>L |
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September 25, 2022" PRIV 16 8P 10D 3LCANY 15 5P6D>L |
September 26, 2022" PRIV 16 7P 11D 2LPRIV 16 8P 10D 1L PRIV 16 8P 10D 3L OARS 16 7P10L>L |
September 27, 2022" OUTD 19 6P10L>LTOUR 20 9P10W>L |
September 28, 2022" |
September 29, 2022" |
September 30, 2022" |