Salt River Information -

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River Beta

Salt River Canyon Wilderness Permit (official Recreation.gov permit page)
https://www.recreation.gov/permits/249275

Tonto National Forest – Salt River Canyon Wilderness boating permit information
https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/tonto/permits/salt-river-canyon-wilderness

White Mountain Apache Tribe rafting permit regulations
https://wmatoutdoor.org/wp_view.html?pageid=11

River permit and launch rules summary for the Upper Salt River
https://riverbent.com/applying-for-2021-river-permits/

Upper Salt River wilderness fact sheet and boating permit explanation
https://geosoc.org/raft/saltapp.html

River Conditions

Salt River run description with flow recommendations and how the river behaves at different levels.
https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/view/river-detail/123/main

Whitewater guide showing typical runnable flow ranges and how rapids change with water level.
https://www.cacreeks.com/salt.htm

Salt River Canyon boating guide describing low-water conditions and recommended minimum levels.
https://www.arizonahandbook.com/salt_river_can_wild.htm

MountainBuzz discussion about extremely low-water Salt River trips and runnable minimum flows.
https://www.mountainbuzz.com/threads/low-water-salt-river-ik-backup-plan-questions.60507/

Flow graph and historical flow data for the Salt River Canyon gauge used by boaters to interpret conditions.
https://www.dreamflows.com/graphs/day.346.php

River History & Geology

Salt River (Arizona) overview including geology, tributaries, and historical river use.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Arizona Geological Survey – Salt River Canyon rock formations.
https://azgs.arizona.edu/photo/tilted-rocks-salt-river-canyon

Quartzite Falls incident article describing the controversial destruction of the rapid.