A new camping permit system will begin this May for the Ruby-Horsethief stretch of the Colorado River to better manage the increasing use of this popular area between Loma and Westwater, Utah.

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The Ruby-Horsethief section of the Colorado River is the setting for one of the most popular river trips in western Colorado. At low river flows, Ruby-Horsethief is a scenic, mostly flatwater trip ...