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An elevated view down onto a muddy river running through a boulder-strewn rapid, with two rafts tied at a small sandy camp, gear spread on the beach, and a sunlit rock face in the foreground.
Camp · Cataract Canyon

Lower Rapid 15 Camp

A Mile Long camp at the foot of Rapid 15 (Capsize), looking downstream to the Button.

Lower Rapid 15 Camp sits at the foot of Rapid 15 (Capsize) in the middle of Mile Long. From camp the view runs upstream into Rapid 15 and downstream to the Button, the boulder that gives Button Hole its name, with the Big Drops a couple of miles below.

Quick facts

Section mile
11.8
River mile
204.7

Camp notes

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

Know before you go

  • Permit required
  • Fire pan required
  • Portable toilet required
  • No pets
  • Group size limit 25