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Westwater Canyon

Colorado River • CO, UT, AZ, NV, CA, BAJA

Length

17.0 mi

Difficulty

Class III-IV

Current flow

1,680 cfs (low water)

Colorado River near Cisco · about 6 hours ago

Shuttle

10 mi / 18 min

🟢 Put-in: Westwater Ranger Station 🔴 Take-out: Cisco Landing

🪪 Permit required — BLM Moab Field Office — Apply ↗

Permit required year-round. Permits are released on recreation.gov at 8am MT two calendar months in advance; popular weekend days are booked within seconds.

Classic BLM-permitted day or overnight through black-granite Precambrian
inner gorge. Marquee rapids: Funnel Falls, Skull, Sock-It-To-Me. Permit
required year-round; peak-season via lottery. Typically run as a long
single day or one-night trip.

✓ Real river route loaded

🏕 Campsites (20)

Miners Cabin Mile 1.8 • ★★★★

Hideout Canyon Mile 3.5 • ★★★★

Upper Little Dolores Mile 5.7 • ★★★★

Middle Little Dolores Mile 5.9 • ★★★★

Lower Little Dolores Mile 6.1 • ★★★★

Upper Cougar Bar Mile 10.7 • ★★★★★

Lower Cougar Bar Mile 10.9 • ★★★★

Hades Bar Mile 12.2 • ★★★★

Big Hole Mile 12.8 • ★★★

Big Horn Mile 13.5 • ★★★★

Bald Eagle Mile 14.3 • ★★★★

Last Chance Mile 15.1 • ★★★

🌊 Rapids (10)

Little Dolores Class II • Mile 6.0 Marble Canyon • Mile 7.5 Staircase • Mile 8.0 Big Hummer • Mile 8.5 Funnel Falls • Mile 9.0 Surprise • Mile 9.5 Skull • Mile 10.0 Sock-it-to-me • Mile 10.5 Bowling Alley • Mile 11.0 Last Chance • Mile 11.5

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