Trin-Alcove Camp
Sandy bench camp at mile 52 in Labyrinth Canyon, inside one of the Green River's most dramatic entrenched meanders.
Also known as: Trin Alcove Bend Camp, Trin Alcove
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 here, and the camp occupies the wide, flat deposit on the inner bank near mile 52. The alcove above gives the bend its name — a massive overhang in the Wingate Sandstone that catches shadow and amplifies sound. The camp is flat, sandy, and exposed, with views across the river to the sheer Wingate and Kayenta walls of the outer bend. Labyrinth Canyon has no rapids — the river is flat and slow — so this is a paddler's camp, reached by canoe, kayak, or packraft. The silence is absolute. At night the alcove above the camp glows faintly with reflected starlight off the sandstone.