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Rapid TX Class II+

Dam 2 (Kanz Dam)

Guadalupe - 4. Canyon Dam to First Crossing (16 miles) (TX)

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Gauge Conditions
Guadalupe Rv at Sattler, TX Upstream Primary
Runnable: 250.0 – 6,000.0 CFS
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Dam 2 (Kanz Dam)
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

A tube chute right of center creates a friendly green tongue that is runnable at all levels.  Above 500 cfs or so, water starts flowing over the rest of the dam, creating a ledge hole whose grabbiness varies with the flow.  Use caution.  Multiple tuber deaths have occurred here, mostly at 800-1200 cfs (flows that are rated "strenuous" for tubers), and beta suggests that the ledge hole can grab boats just as easily at these levels.  The grabbiness of the ledge hole at higher levels than this is unknown.

Rated II+ primarily because of consequences.  The ledge hole is easy to avoid, but you do not want to go there.

Location
Type
Rapid
Difficulty
Class II+
Mile Marker
4.3 mi
Directions
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4. Canyon Dam to First Crossing (16 miles)
Guadalupe
II+ 15.8 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater