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Playspot TX Class II

Backyard Hole

Guadalupe - 5. First Crossing to Common St. (6 miles) (TX)

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Gauge Conditions
Guadalupe Rv above Comal Rv at New Braunfels, TX Downstream Primary
Runnable: 250.0 – 6,000.0 CFS
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Backyard Hole
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

A play spot opens up at river right about 1/2 mile below Gruene at high levels (thousands of cfs.)  At around 3000-3500 cfs, it is a playable hole, generally trashy and deep at surfer's right and shallow at surfer's left.  There is a small eddy at surfer's left that can be caught only if you flush out of that side of the hole.  At 5000 cfs, Backyard Hole is a non-retentive wave train.  At high flows, the wave/hole creates some unavoidable irregular eddy lines and whirlpools at river left.

Location
Type
Playspot
Difficulty
Class II
Mile Marker
4.2 mi
Directions
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5. First Crossing to Common St. (6 miles)
Guadalupe
II+(III) 6.2 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater