Cataract Canyon (Potash to North Wash)
Colorado River • CO, UT, AZ, NV, CA, BAJA
Length
99.0 mi
Difficulty
Class III-V
🪪 Permit required
The Colorado's biggest whitewater — flatwater Meander Canyon down to the Green River confluence, then ~14 miles of Class III-V rapids through Cataract Canyon to the North Wash / Hite take-out above Lake Powell. Permit required (Canyonlands National Park).
✓ Real river route loaded
🏕 Campsites (62)
Little Bridge Canyon (30)
Mile 448.2
Lockhart Canyon (26.5)
Mile 450.8
Lathrop Ledges (23.9)
Mile 452.3
Buck Ledges
Mile 453.4
Gooseberry Ledges (21.5)
Mile 454.1
Indian Creek, Upper (17)
Mile 456.7
Indian Creek (16.5)
Mile 457.0
Corner Pocket (13.7)
Mile 459.3
Loop, Upper (11)
Mile 461.8
Loop Ledges, Lower (6)
Mile 464.8
The Cove (5.3)
Mile 465.5
Scorpion Rock (215.3)
Mile 471.0
Register Box Lower Right
Mile 471.8
Fly Camp
Mile 472.1
Spanish Bottom, Upper (213.8)
Mile 472.1
Spanish Bottom Lower Upper
Mile 472.5
Lower Red Lake Upper
Mile 472.5
Lower Red Lake (212.7)
Mile 472.5
Spanish Bottom, Lower (213)
Mile 472.5
Spanish Bottom, Middle (213.1)
Mile 472.5
Brown Betty, Above (212.5)
Mile 472.9
RAPID 1
Mile 472.9
RAPID 5, UPPER
Mile 474.7
RAPID 5, LOWER
Mile 475.1
X AND Y (208.5)
Mile 476.6
X AND Y MIDDLE RIGHT
Mile 476.9
X AND Y UPPER RIGHT
Mile 476.9
X & Y Lower, Right
Mile 477.3
FISH CAMP
Mile 478.0
RAPID 12 LOWER
Mile 478.4
Rapid 12
Mile 478.4
EGNAR
Mile 480.2
RANGE CANYON
Mile 480.6
RAPID 15
Mile 481.0
RAPID 19
Mile 482.8
BIG DROP 1 BEACH
Mile 483.5
BIG DROP BEACH UPPER
Mile 483.5
KOLB
Mile 484.3
Rapid 25, Above
Mile 485.0
Rapid 26
Mile 485.4
10 CENT LOWER
Mile 485.8
10 CENT UPPER
Mile 485.8
WATER HOLE/CALF CANYON
Mile 487.6
FIDDLENECK/RAPID 31
Mile 488.0
Terraced Hillside
Mile 488.3
Gypsum, Upper/Rapid 31
Mile 488.3
GYPSUM LOWER
Mile 488.7
Palmer
Mile 489.1
CLEARWATER CANYON
Mile 490.9
Clearwater, Below
Mile 490.9
BOWDIE CANYON
Mile 491.3
Slab Camp, Upper
Mile 491.6
Slab Camp
Mile 492.0
MOTEL 5
Mile 492.4
PENGUIN
Mile 492.4
COVE CANYON
Mile 493.1
ROCKFALL
Mile 493.5
DARK CANYON
Mile 494.2
Freddie's House
Mile 495.3
Sheep Camp
Mile 496.8
Millie Crag Silt
Mile 496.8
Narrow Canyon
Mile 497.9
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