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A white raft with an oar frame, bimini top and small outboard motor sits beached on a muddy bank below an undercut sandstone wall with a small alcove, a red dry bag and orange gear on the red sand terrace under flat overcast light.
Camp · Cataract Canyon

Cove Canyon Camp

A lower Cataract Canyon camp at mile 186.1, between Gypsum and Dark canyons.

Cove Canyon Camp is a river-right camp in lower Cataract Canyon at mile 186.1, below Gypsum Canyon and above Dark Canyon, in the reach where the whitewater gives way to the long run out to North Wash. For a group coming out of the Big Drops it is a last night before the take-out.

Quick facts

Section mile
30.4
River mile
186.1
Side
River right

Camp notes

No fixed facilities. Fire pan and portable toilet required per NPS.

Know before you go

  • River permit required on Cataract Canyon (National Park Service)
  • Fire pan required
  • Portable toilet required
  • No pets
  • Group size limit 25