Camps

bench campleft bankMile 182.8

Dark Canyon Bench Camp occupies a terrace on the right bank at mile 182.8, near the confluence of Dark Canyon with the Colorado River. Dark Canyon is one of the most significant side canyons in this stretch — draining th…

river campleft bankMile 196.7

River-left camp at Colorado River mile 196.7 in Cataract Canyon. River-left camp at the mouth of Gypsum Canyon below Gypsum Rapid; a side-canyon hike departs from here.

river campright bankMile 198.5

River-right camp at Colorado River mile 198.5 in Cataract Canyon. River-right camp just above Waterhole Rapid (Rapid 29).

river campleft bankMile 200.1

River-left camp at Colorado River mile 200.1 in Cataract Canyon. River-left camp at Imperial Canyon.

river campright bankMile 200.2

River-right camp at Colorado River mile 200.2 in Cataract Canyon. River-right camp at the mouth of Imperial Canyon.

river campleft bankMile 200.6

River-left camp at Colorado River mile 200.6 in Cataract Canyon. River-left camp in the Ten Cent reach, just downstream of Upper Ten Cent.

river campleft bankMile 201

Upper Ten Cent Camp is a river-left camp in lower Cataract Canyon at mile 201.0, in the Ten Cent reach below the Big Drops. The Ten Cent name was given by Don Harris on his 1952 Cataract trip — its origin is preserved in…

river campleft bankMile 201.5

River-left camp at Colorado River mile 201.5 in Cataract Canyon. River-left camp at the foot of the Mile Long sequence, near Rapid 25.

river campright bankMile 201.6

Rapid 24 Camp is a river-right camp at Colorado River mile 201.6, on a sandy bench just below the Big Drops — the most consequential whitewater in Cataract Canyon. By the time you land here you have run Big Drop 1, Big D…

river campright bankMile 202.3

River-right camp at Colorado River mile 202.3 in Cataract Canyon. River-right camp between Big Drop 2 and Big Drop 3.

left bankMile 205.2

Range Canyon Camp is a named camp in Cataract Canyon located at or near the mouth of Range Canyon, upstream of the Big Drops sequence. Paired with the scree-hill scout route behind the camp (which climbs to a perch with …

river campright bankMile 208.3

River-right camp at Colorado River mile 208.3 in Cataract Canyon. River-right camp in the X-Y reach.

river campright bankMile 208.4

River-right camp at Colorado River mile 208.4 in Cataract Canyon. River-right camp in the X-Y reach.

river campright bankMile 208.5

River-right camp at Colorado River mile 208.5 in Cataract Canyon. River-right camp in the X-Y reach.

river campright bankMile 210.5

River-right camp at Colorado River mile 210.5 in Cataract Canyon. River-right camp at all water levels with a great beach — don't miss the eddy.

river campright bankMile 212.1

River-right camp at Colorado River mile 212.1 in Cataract Canyon. Large river-right beach below Brown Betty; good at all levels — a classic Cataract camp.

river campleft bankMile 212.4

River-left camp at Colorado River mile 212.4 in Cataract Canyon. River-left camp just above Brown Betty (Rapid 1).

river campleft bankMile 212.7

River-left camp at Colorado River mile 212.7 in Cataract Canyon. River-left beach camp in the upper rapid approach.

beach campright bankMile 213

Spanish Bottoms is the most important camp in Cataract Canyon — a wide, flat sandy terrace on river right, just above the first of the Big Drops at mile 213. Groups camped here are positioned to scout the rapids the foll…

river campright bankMile 213.7

River-right camp at Colorado River mile 213.7 in Cataract Canyon. River-right camp just above Spanish Bottom.

river campMile 216.4

Riverside camp at Colorado River mile 216.4 in Cataract Canyon. Low-to-medium sandbar camp; a popular jet-boat pickup spot for trips ending their Stillwater run above Cataract.

river campleft bankMile 25.3

Jack Creek Camp occupies a sandy bench on the Green River at mile 25.3 of Desolation Canyon, near the mouth of Jack Creek on river left. At this point the canyon walls are rising — Desolation Canyon proper has begun in e…

river campright bankMile 31.5

Flat Canyon Camp at mile 31.5 sits near the mouth of Flat Canyon, one of the side drainages carrying Fremont culture rock art in Desolation Canyon. The camp is a solid midpoint stop in the upper third of the float, and t…

river campright bankMile 42

Rock Creek Camp at mile 42 is one of the most significant stops in Desolation Canyon — positioned near Rock Creek Ranch, a historic homestead established in the early 1900s that operated as a working cattle ranch deep in…

river campleft bankMile 45

Snap Canyon Camp sits at mile 45 near the mouth of Snap Canyon drainage. The camp is a standard sandy bench in the Desolation Canyon corridor — flat, open, with the canyon walls rising on both sides. Snap Canyon itself o…

river campright bankMile 46

Three Canyon Camp at mile 46 sits near the confluence of three small drainages entering the Green River corridor in close succession — giving the camp its name. The three-canyon configuration creates a more complex topog…

river campleft bankMile 54

Joe Hutch Camp at mile 54 sits in the heart of Desolation Canyon, near the Joe Hutch Canyon drainage. By this point in the float the canyon walls are near their maximum height — the Roan Cliffs have risen to over 5,000 f…

river campright bankMile 57.6

Wire Fence Camp at mile 57.6 is named for the remnants of a cattle fence that historically crossed the canyon drainage here — a mark of ranching operation in an otherwise inaccessible stretch of river. The camp sits on a…

river campleft bankMile 68.6

Coal Creek Camp at mile 68.6 sits in the transition zone between Desolation Canyon and Gray Canyon — the Desolation/Gray Canyon complex is one long continuous float, but the character shifts near this mile as the Roan Cl…

river campright bankMile 72.3

School Section Camp at mile 72.3 is in lower Gray Canyon, approaching the Nefertiti take-out. The name reflects the old land survey practice of designating section 16 of each township as a 'school section' — land whose p…

designated campright bankMile 74.4

Nefertiti Camp at mile 74.4 marks the standard take-out point for the Desolation/Gray Canyon float — the classic terminus for the Sand Wash to Nefertiti trip. The take-out sits at the end of an unmaintained dirt road tha…

river campright bankMile 20.5

North Canyon Camp sits at mile 20.5 on river right in Marble Canyon, the narrow upper corridor of Grand Canyon. This is a popular first-night camp for trips launching from Lees Ferry — close enough to reach comfortably o…

river campright bankMile 84

Clear Creek Camp at mile 84 sits on river right in the heart of the Grand Canyon's granite gorge, near the mouth of Clear Creek. This is deep canyon country — the Vishnu Schist and Zoroaster Granite walls rise dark and v…

river campright bankMile 136

Deer Creek Camp at mile 136 on river right is one of the signature camps of the Grand Canyon — a sandy terrace directly across from the mouth of Deer Creek, where a 100-foot waterfall pours off the Tapeats Sandstone ledg…

river campleft bankMile 187

Whitmore Camp at mile 187 on river left sits just below Lava Falls — the most significant rapid in Grand Canyon and one of the most consequential in North America. Groups that camp here have either just run Lava or are s…

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River-right all-water-levels camp at Green River mile 101.9 in Labyrinth Canyon. Large; good shade.

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River-right all-water-levels camp at Green River mile 102.2 in Labyrinth Canyon.

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River-right high-water camp at Green River mile 109.4 in Labyrinth Canyon.

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River-left high-water camp at Green River mile 110 in Labyrinth Canyon. Minimal wind protection.

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River-right high-water camp at Green River mile 112.9 in Labyrinth Canyon.

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River-right high-water camp at Green River mile 113 in Labyrinth Canyon.

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Riverside camp at Green River mile 61.5 in Labyrinth Canyon. Usable at medium-to-high water; a short walk up at low water. Early-afternoon shade. A trail climbs ~150 ft to a river-view perch and continues into Two Mile C…

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Riverside high-water camp at Green River mile 62.7 in Labyrinth Canyon. Medium-sized; the downstream end of the Post Office Trail hike.

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River-right camp at Green River mile 66.8 in Labyrinth Canyon. Mining history nearby; easy hike.

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Riverside high-water camp at Green River mile 69.6 in Labyrinth Canyon. Shade; popular; photography. Trailhead for the Post Office Trail.

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River-left all-water-levels camp at Green River mile 84 in Labyrinth Canyon. Large.

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River-left high-water camp at Green River mile 86.7 in Labyrinth Canyon. Shade. Informally called Sneeze McGee Camp (from the Sneeze McGee rescue story).

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River-left high-water camp at Green River mile 94.4 in Labyrinth Canyon. Side-canyon camp.

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River-right camp at Green River mile 114.6 in Labyrinth Canyon. Sandy at low water; early sun, late shade. Site of an abandoned gold placer mining operation.

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River-left camp at Green River mile 115.3 in Labyrinth Canyon. Large; no shade; road access. Beside Crystal Geyser.

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River-left all-water-levels camp at Green River mile 80.7 in Labyrinth Canyon. Medium-sized; hike and photography from camp.

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Trin-Alcove Camp sits on a sandy bench on the inside of Trin-Alcove Bend, one of the most dramatic entrenched meanders in Labyrinth Canyon. The Green River wraps nearly 270 degrees around a narrow sandstone peninsula her…

river campright bankMile 3

Upper Lodore Camp sits at approximately mile 3 within the Canyon of Lodore, just after the Green River has passed through the Gates of Lodore and entered the Uinta Mountain Group quartzite walls that define this canyon. …

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Cove Camp is a flatwater-reach camp approximately 40 river miles below the Potash boat ramp in the Meander Canyon / upper Cataract stretch. Its defining feature is a natural shadow line that holds through mid-morning — m…

river campMile 10.9

9 miles above the Confluence on the Colorado River, en route to Cataract Canyon. A loop hike departs from here (see Upper Loop Ledges Hike).

river campMile 16.7

7 miles above the Confluence on the Colorado River, en route to Cataract Canyon.

river campright bankMile 23.8

Lower Lathrop Ledges Camp sits on the ledges at the mouth of Lathrop Canyon, mile 23.8 of Meander Canyon on river right — 23.8 miles above the Confluence (the put-in at Potash / Jackson Bottom is mile 47.3). It is a larg…

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River-right camp at Colorado River mile 21.5 in Meander Canyon.

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River-right camp at Colorado River mile 21.6 in Meander Canyon.

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River-right camp at Colorado River mile 30 in Meander Canyon.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 6.1 in Meander Canyon.

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River-right camp at Colorado River mile 35.9 in Meander Canyon.

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Riverside camp at Colorado River mile 31.7 in Meander Canyon.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 37.1 in Meander Canyon.

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Riverside camp at Colorado River mile 13.3 in Meander Canyon.

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River-right camp at Colorado River mile 23.9 in Meander Canyon.

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River-right camp at Colorado River mile 84.9 in Moab Daily.

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River-right camp at Colorado River mile 84.75 in Moab Daily.

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River-right camp at Colorado River mile 84.7 in Moab Daily.

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River-right camp at Colorado River mile 84.6 in Moab Daily.

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River-right camp at Colorado River mile 75 in Moab Daily. Hike from camp.

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Mee Canyon Camp sits on a sandy bench on river left in the Ruby–Horsethief section of the Colorado River, near the mouth of Mee Canyon. This is a flatwater section — Class I at most — and the camp reflects the character …

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Ruby Camp occupies a broad sandy bench in the heart of Ruby Canyon, the upstream half of the Ruby–Horsethief section on the Colorado River. The canyon walls here are Wingate Sandstone — sheer, dark-varnished, and vertica…

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 146.4 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon.

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River-right camp at Colorado River mile 148.5 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon.

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River-right camp at Colorado River mile 148.4 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 136.1 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon. Medium.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 136 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon. Large at low water, small at higher flows.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 135.9 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon. Large at low water, small at higher flows.

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River-left low-water camp at Colorado River mile 135.7 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon. Large group. Under water at 30,000 cfs.

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River-left all-water-levels camp at Colorado River mile 135.6 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon. Large group.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 135.5 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon. Large at low water, medium at high water.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 135.4 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon. Medium at low water, small at high water.

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River-left all-water-levels camp at Colorado River mile 135.3 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon. Large camp at all water levels.

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River-left all-water-levels camp at Colorado River mile 135.2 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon. Large camp at all water levels.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 148.3 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 146.2 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 145.9 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon.

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River-right camp at Colorado River mile 137 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon. On the right side of the island.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 141.6 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 141.3 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 134.2 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon. Early morning sun. Trail to Knowles Canyon; explore for miles into the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 138.9 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon. A trail takes you downstream to Mee Canyon.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 138.8 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon. A trail takes you downstream to Mee Canyon.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 138.7 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon. A trail takes you downstream to Mee Canyon.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 138.6 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon. A trail takes you downstream to Mee Canyon.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 139.4 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon. A trail takes you downstream to Mee Canyon.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 148.9 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 144.1 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 144 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon.

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River-left camp at Colorado River mile 136.3 in Ruby–Horsethief Canyon.

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River-left camp at Green River mile 34.3 in Stillwater Canyon.

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River-right camp at Green River mile 4.4 in Stillwater Canyon. Trail into Water Canyon.

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River-left camp at Green River mile 31.3 in Stillwater Canyon.

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River-right camp at Green River mile 19.6 in Stillwater Canyon.

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River-left camp at Green River mile 41.1 in Stillwater Canyon. Camp with an associated hike.

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River-right camp at Green River mile 37.9 in Stillwater Canyon.

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River-left camp at Green River mile 14.4 in Stillwater Canyon. Camp with an associated hike.

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River-right camp at Green River mile 9.5 in Stillwater Canyon.

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River-left camp at Green River mile 30.8 in Stillwater Canyon.

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River-right camp at Green River mile 25 in Stillwater Canyon. Trail to Newspaper Rock. Camp with an associated hike.

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River-right camp at Green River mile 39.2 in Stillwater Canyon.

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River-right low-water camp at Green River mile 11.7 in Stillwater Canyon. Low water only.

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River-right camp at Green River mile 4.5 in Stillwater Canyon. Trail into Water Canyon.

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River-right camp at Green River mile 0.8 in Stillwater Canyon. Trail leads back to the side canyon hike.

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River-right camp at Green River mile 16.4 in Stillwater Canyon. Afternoon shade.

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River-left camp at Green River mile 7 in Stillwater Canyon. Hike to confluence overlook.

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River-right camp at Green River mile 39.5 in Stillwater Canyon.

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River-right camp at Green River mile 21 in Stillwater Canyon.

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River-right camp at Green River mile 31.2 in Stillwater Canyon.

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River-right camp at Green River mile 25.2 in Stillwater Canyon. Trail to Newspaper Rock.

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River-right camp at Green River mile 4.6 in Stillwater Canyon. Trail into Water Canyon. Early shade.

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Valentine's Camp sits on a broad, grassy bottom on river left in Stillwater Canyon, the calm flatwater section of the Green River as it passes through Canyonlands National Park. Stillwater is true to its name — the river…

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River-right boater camp in lower Westwater Canyon at Colorado River mile 112.9 (RiverMaps), in the open reach below the gorge approaching the Cisco take-out.

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River-right boater camp in lower Westwater Canyon at Colorado River mile 114.2 (RiverMaps), below the inner gorge rapid sequence.

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River-right boater camp in Westwater Canyon at Colorado River mile 120.0 (RiverMaps), in the Little Dolores reach just above the inner gorge rapid sequence.

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River-left boater camp in Westwater Canyon at Colorado River mile 120.7 (RiverMaps), near the Little Hole Canyon and Little Dolores area above the gorge rapids.

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River-left boater camp in Westwater Canyon at Colorado River mile 120.2 (RiverMaps), just below Upper Little Dolores Camp and above the gorge rapid sequence.

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River-left boater camp in upper Westwater Canyon at Colorado River mile 123.3 (RiverMaps), in the open sandstone reach above the inner gorge.

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River-right boater camp in upper Westwater Canyon at Colorado River mile 121.8 (RiverMaps), above the inner gorge rapid sequence.

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River-left boater camp in Westwater Canyon at Colorado River mile 120.4 (RiverMaps), in the Little Dolores reach just above the inner gorge rapids.

river campleft bankMile 38

Warm Springs Camp sits on a sandy bench above the Yampa River, immediately upstream of Warm Springs Rapid — the most significant whitewater on the Yampa and one of the largest rapids in the Dinosaur National Monument riv…