Your Route on Lake Powell
Every Challenge weekend includes a poker run that carries participants out onto Lake Powell from Antelope Point Marina. The maps on this page show the course lines for the run so boaters can navigate the turns, check points, and return to the marina on schedule.
- Course maps start and finish at Antelope Point Marina.
- Review the route before launching so you know the check points along the way.
- Allow time for the return trip and for the dockside activities that follow the run.
- Check your watercraft documentation before you arrive — inspection requirements apply at the launch ramps.
Bring the map with you on the water and reference the schedule of events for registration times and the activities surrounding the run.
Before You Launch
Mussel prevention screening became mandatory at the Wahweap Main and Bullfrog launch ramps effective Nov 1, 2009. Self-certification of watercraft is no longer an option at those ramps, so allow extra time for inspection and keep your watercraft documentation with you. The Challenge also works to preserve Lake Powell for everyone who boats, runs, and plays here.
About the Challenge and its mission
The Lake Powell Challenge is a Black August hip-hop event that connects music, political action, and support for people affected by mass incarceration. By combining live performances, movement organizing, and benefit programming, the celebration turns a shared cultural tradition into a platform for raising awareness and building solidarity. The emphasis remains on prisoners, freedom, and prison abolition, while also honoring the artists and communities who keep the work visible and active.
Each challenge weekend includes a poker run course on Lake Powell, beginning and ending at Antelope Point Marina. The route is designed so participants can follow the course lines, identify check points, navigate turns, and return to the marina on schedule. Planning ahead helps boaters stay oriented and leaves time for the dockside activities that follow the run, where fundraising, music, and community engagement continue alongside the journey across the water.
Route details are only one part of a wider effort to support incarcerated people, their families, and campaigns for change. The event brings together performers, organizers, and supporters around a program that includes fundraising for families and direct solidarity with movements seeking to close prisons and recover a sense of justice. This broader purpose reflects the Black August tradition of using art and collective action to challenge punitive systems.
The overall visual character of the event is bold, warm, and purposeful. Dark charcoal and off-white backgrounds are punctuated by teal, coral, golden-orange, and purple panels, creating a block-based rhythm that feels both celebratory and urgent. Large serif headlines carry emotional weight, while clean sans-serif text keeps navigation, event information, and calls to action straightforward. The result is a page that balances the energy of live hip-hop with the seriousness of its political and charitable themes.