Gregory Arch and Cathedral in the Desert Exposed at Lake Powell

[@sandramorey2529]

Thank you. I remember the fight to save Glen Canyon with David Brower. It was one of the earliest of the fights for beautiful places since we lost Hetch Hetchy. Sierra club published a beautiful book on Glen Canyon. I too only travel on the internet, so thank you for taking me along.

[@snowmobile68]

Lake Powell is a magical place for sure. We got to see cathedral last year before and after the monsoons. The power of mother nature is amazing.

[@douglasvanderlip5774]

WOW WOW thanks FOR SHOWING MOMS BEAUTY, earth IS SO BEAUTIFUL, i LIVE BY THE NIAGARA ESCARPMENT, AND HAVE SWAM IN THE NIAGARA RIVER, THANKS AGAIN

[@b.a.d.2086]

I remember spending about a week on the river during Easter of 1962. I was about 18. We had the river virtually to ourselves! From so much to choose from my favorite place was Music Temple. I was with a group with my aunt and uncle who was a professional photographer. He was documenting many of the places before the water rose. It used to be a bit of a hike to Rainbow Bridge where there was a guest register you could sign and protest the the dam. I saw the dam built from beginning to end and confess I liked the wild river best.

[@alexschrodt]

What an incredibly amazing experience that must’ve been - our country is exceptionally blessed with many utterly magical landscapes of truly incalculable worth. We owe it to everyone- ourselves, those who came before us, and those who are still to come- to preserve them.

[@lawnpro979]

WOW thanks for posting.

[@VoiceOverTrailReviews]

I really appreciate how you showed an awesome part of the lake we don’t normally see and were matter of fact about the drought conditions without making a political statement one way or the other. You showed me something cool while effectively threading the needle of controversy. Great video!

[@johnchedsey1306]

Good to see people adapt and make the best out of a rapidly changing situation. If indeed Lake Powell becomes a thing of the past due to a continued drought, seeing nature reclaim Glen Canyon will provide decades of fascinating exploration and discovery. Humans, when they accept that things are constantly changing, are amazing in adaptation.

[@daanodinot]

Things are not just ‘constantly changing’. It’s called climate change and it’s caused by humans. And yeah, while fighting it we have no choice but to adapt to it.

[@Balu_420]

Came from Germany and stayed at like Powell twice during my vacation with friends and a SUP. loved it! it`s amazing there

[@kentkearney6623]

Flew over this area in a helicopter two years ago. Did not know of Glen Canyon. I was admiring the boat people that had alot of Lake to explore from the sky. No matter blue sky and Grand Canyon here I come!

[@alistairg6770]

Wow, stunning location

[@marcnelson2645]

thanks for the great video Gentlemen. As a southern man never seen anything like that. Bucket list for sure

[@jamesbrefeld5209]

Super appreciate the Lake Powel tour as I only travel on the internet now. I lived in the Mohave in the 80's.

[@AVMamfortas]

What a fantastic place.

[@GretchenlKlein]

Can you get back far enough to see the cave? Love 50 mi! Lots of memories there.

[@madjack8893]

Gorgeous.

[@StacySalmans]

Awesome episode.

[@stanbimi]

Spectacular scenery. CBS reported on the drought at Lake Powell this morning. Seems the Gregory Natural bridge arch is even more exposed with water level dropping.

[@trumpthis2]

That looks like fun

[@ncpetersen100]

ME AND ABOUT 10 FRIENDS CAMPED RIGHT IN CATHEDRAL IN THE DESERT LAST FALL AND THE WATER WAS UP TO THE LAST BEND BEFORE THE CANYON WALLS COME TOGETHER AND IT WAS EPIC. LOOKS LIKE ITS RECEDED A FEW HUNDRED YARDS SINCE THEN

[@ryang36]

There used to be a steep sand hill I would go to it had crystal clear water around it but since the water level has been dropping its all dried up

[@jnadrums]

I NEED TO MAKE THIS TRIP!!!

[@laurenwoods1145]

I’d love to see a “1 year later” on this given the rising levels this year!

[@casienwhey]

Just imagine when the dam is removed and the lake is drained one day. We'll get to see Glen Canyon in its true splendor.

[@TouchingClothProd]

Gotta happen eventually. I remember rafting down the San Juan in the mid-80's, and as we got close to the lake, the river became all sandbars. Then when we got to the lake proper, you could literally see the silt settling out, the water going from brown to green to blue in just a couple hundred yards or so. If the dam remains, Lake Powell will eventually just become a giant mud pit. It might take several hundred years, but it's inevitable.

[@ezekielbrockmann114]

But the perch fishing would suck. It's a fact.

[@majorpayne8373]

@@ezekielbrockmann114 And you're not too bright. Also a fact.

[@ezekielbrockmann114]

@@majorpayne8373 Not a fan of perch, huh?

[@majorpayne8373]

@@ezekielbrockmann114 There are many places to catch perch. But only one Glen Canyon. Drain it.

[@at1970]

No one who saw glen canyon before the dam thinks it was an improvement to create the smelly reservoir.

[@jklynb]

The desert is reclaiming it’s territory.

[@MissJManobianco]

Can you make a round-trip from Wahweap to Cathedral in the desert and back in one day with a powerboat?

[@KSLOutdoors]

Yes, you can as far as time is concerned. But with Dangling Rope Marina closed, there is nowhere to fill up with gas up-lake. So if you make the attempt, be sure to bring lots of extra gas with you. You may also consider putting in at Bullfrog as it's a lot closer to Cathedral. The extended Executive ramp should be open soon.

[@richardlong8014]

What happened to all the fish?

[@richardlong8014]

Hard to believe all that water is gone. Someday, oxygen?

[@richardlong8014]

Hard to believe all that water is gone. Someday, oxygen?

[@ncpetersen100]

IF YOU HAVE FUEL ABSOLUTELY

[@Jhossack]

Drill baby drill. Seemed like a good idea, what could go wrong

[@aw8079]

Read Desert Solitare by Ed Abbey

[@demonhalo67]

Enjoy it while it is still there. Recreation in these gorges will soon be over if demand continues to outstrip supply at the current rate. The annual shrinkage of the lake's surface area has been staggering in recent years.

[@ravenwing199]

It's not a natural lake. Its there to hold water but we planned when water levels were 50% above average. So we use more than we store. Besides giving it back to god is not going to change the scenery just need legs instead of boats.

[@markschuette3770]

ya lets open it up top motorcycles too!

[@chrisstaylor8377]

Why all the hurry ,slow down

[@Jhossack]

Catastrophe has its perks - oblivious little power boaters

[@danlutjemeier4183]

More will be revealed: Nature bats last.

[@franzwaltenspuhl8892]

Just some of what used to be visible, sigh.

[@Jhossack]

In two years they will do this video with their ATV’s, with no irony whatsoever

[@Zmscott468]

Sure would be great if there was a beautiful twisting myriad of caves, spires, falls, and natural grottoes along a thriving river ecosystem instead of a lake. Thats just one of many arches buried under that pointless lake. Blow the glen canyon damn and free the river!!!

[@TheMonolake]

This makes me sad.

[@ritchydog]

how exciting a fucking rock arch.. charging people to go touch it .. only in merica . whoppers

[@DavidElzeitsinfill]

The biggest idea I am trying to express is tunneling aqueducts from the coast, in this case the west coast of the USA inland to feed combination geothermal power and sea water desalination plants. The idea seems to be so big that no one has considered it possible but I believe it is not only possible but it is necessary. For over a century the fossil water contained in aquifers has been pumped out to feed agriculture, industry and municipal water needs. The natural water cycle cant refill fossil water deposits that were filled 10,000 years ago when the glaciers melted after the last ice age. Without refilling these aquifers there is not much of a future for the region of the United states. As a result ground levels in some areas of the San Joaquin Valley have subsided by more than 30 feet. Similar fossil water depletion is happening in other regions all around the world. TBM and tunneling technology has matured and further developments in the industry are poised to speed up the tunneling process and it's these tunnels that are the only way to move large volumes of water from the ocean inland. The water is moved inland to areas where it can be desalinated in geothermal plants producing clean water and power. In many cases the water will recharge surface reservoirs where it will be used first to make more hydro power before being released into rivers and canal systems. It's very important however to not stop tunneling at these first stops but to continue several legs until the water has traveled from the ocean under mountain ranges to interior states. Along the way water will flow down grade through tunnels and rise in geothermal loops to fill mountain top pumped hydro batteries several times before eventually recharging several major aquifers. What I am proposing is essentially reversing the flow of the Colorado River Compact. Bringing water from the coast of California first to mountaintop reservoirs then to the deserts of Nevada and Arizona and on to Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming. This big idea looks past any individual city or states problems and looks at the whole and by using first principles identifies the actual problem and only solution. Thank you for your time, I would like the opportunity to explain in further detail and answer any questions. A better future is possible, David

[@ikmarchini]

Follow the money.

[@secretsquirrel6308]

Bless your heart.

[@DavidElzeitsinfill]

@@ikmarchini Political will is the biggest hurdle to accomplishing big projects. Especially in California and after blowing $100 billion on a high speed train to nowhere. I think it is obvious to most people that something drastic needs to be done to solve the water problem and that conservation only goes so fare. I would propose to fund the tunneling part of this solution with a system similar to the Permanent Wyoming Mineral Trust Fund is a type of permanent fund called a sovereign wealth fund (SWF). SWFs are typical government funding tools. They consist of investments and assets that the government is not allowed to cash out or deplete. However, while it can't touch the principal, the government normally has the right to spend any revenue these investments generate on appropriate functions and expenses. Each state, California, Nevada and Arizona and on to Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and of course Wyoming could place a small 2% tax on the energy sector and use those funds to invest in Geothermal energy projects and eventually the aqueduct can link up to those projects. There are already over 800 geothermal energy projects in California alone. The equation for my big solution is (ocean water brought inland through large underground aqueducts + combination geothermal and desalination plants = clean water and clean energy).

[@DavidElzeitsinfill]

@@johnperic6860 My idea is to refill the Aquifers. Where do you think the water will come from?

[@majorpayne8373]

God's masterpiece was flooded so yahoos could waterski, swill beer in their houseboats, and "explore" with their motorboats and jet skis. Sad. Drain Lake Foul.

[@tbugher62]

Get rid of the lake,so much more too see as a river.

[@dethray1000]

get rid of the people who cannot appreciate a valuable resource

[@brandonpeters1859]

That dam needs to go.

[@alanheadrick7997]

@@dethray1000 Technically you will. They will all move to Texas and Florida with the flu refugees.

[@rundmm]

@@dethray1000 And yet they keep building like there is no tomorrow.

[@thecatfromoregon]

It will look like a mud pit for quite awhile before vegetation comes back (if it ever does).

[@pjbiggleswerth8903]

Too bad there's no talk ab the situation w Powell. Its the lowest ever. Not just in your life time. Missed opportunity

[@primarytrainer1]

hope they drain the lake and give us our canyon back

[@RossCompose]

Oh wow, global warming is SO cool........

[@annieorphananie4946]

Love your stuff!!! I'll do ALL I can to get you guys more subs and views!