Put-in

Take-out

Select put-in and take-out to estimate time.

See wind-adjusted speed maps, forecast planning, and detailed time estimates.

Whitewater timing varies with scouting, portages, and group pace. Use as a planning baseline.

Generally this is the paddle out for the Upper Box or Red River reaches. Access is very difficult for those who just want to paddle the II/III. See the descriptions of this run at SouthwestPaddler.com and at New Mexico Bureau of Land Management Rivers Page. The reaches of the Taos Box area are... Ute Mountain (Class II), Razors (Class III/IV), Upper Box (Class V/V+), Lower Box (Class III/IV), Pilar (Class III/IV), Otowi Bridge (Class III), Red River (Class IV), Rio Pueblo (Class V+), and Rio Embudo (Class V+).

Difficulty

Class II-III

Length

8.4 mi

Gradient

12 ft/mi

Rapids

I Easy II Novice III Intermediate IV Advanced V Expert/Extreme VI Unrunnable

Whitewater data from
American Whitewater

04. Red River confluence to John Dunn Bridge