4. Mariscal Canyon: Talley to Solis Landing (10 miles)
Gauge Conditions
Runnable: 200.0 – 5,000.0 CFS
Low, but boatable.
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
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Description
Typical 3 day trip due to long shuttle. Lowest recommended 200 cfs -- Can be run in a raft even at low water levels (I ran it in a big fat gear boat at 140 cfs last year although I would not recommend it to anyone).
Solis River Access (take-out) is a long dirt road from the pavement, requiring 4 wheel drive.
See also Big Bend National Park and their descriptive site, Floating the Rio.
See also the descriptions in Southwest Paddler.
Put-in is approximately 1900' elevation.
Take-out is approximately 1880' elevation.
Therefore total elevation change is approximately 120'.
Rapids in this Run (3)
Difficulty
Class II
Length
10.2 mi
Gradient
12 ft/mi
Rapids
3
Access Points
Difficulty Classes
I Easy
II Novice
III Intermediate
IV Advanced
V Expert/Extreme
VI Unrunnable
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater
American Whitewater