Whitewater Run TX Class II(III)

Pandale to Pecos River Marina (61 miles)

Pecos

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Pecos Rv near Girvin, TX Upstream Primary
Runnable: 225.0 – 3,000.0 CFS

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Description
This last section of the Pecos is spring fed, so it has low but boatable flows throughout the year.  Many of the rapids will need to be lined or portaged by typical paddlers.   Experienced whitewater paddlers may want to wait till the rapids clean up with high flows during the spring or during rains.  However, extremely dangerous, high flow, flash floods, can also occur. Put-in is approximately 1580' elevation. Take-out is approximately 1117' elevation. Therefore total elevation change is approximately 463'. Other Information Sources: Austin Traveler article Outside Magazine, Aug. 2011 Texas Escapes article - 2001 Pandale, Tx  Wikipedia article Southwest Paddler Paddling.net Flatwater Paddling in the last 15 miles
Difficulty
Class II(III)
Length
61.7 mi
Gradient
8 ft/mi
max 9
Rapids
0
Access Points
Put-in
30.1305, -101.5740
Take-out
29.7045, -101.3600
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