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Rapid TX Class II+

Dam 5 (The Chute)

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 5 (The Chute)
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

A low-head dam forms a very grabby hydraulic at river right.  At low water, there is a natural limestone chute at river left, allowing boaters to bypass the dam.  At high water, the chute is inundated and becomes nothing but an easy set of waves spanning half the river.  However, be vigilant, because at high flows, there is a wave train at river right upstream of the dam that, if followed, will line you up for the dam hole, and it isn't obvious where the hole is from upstream.

How do you rate a Class IV/IV+ hole with a 50-foot-wide Class I-II path around it?  II+ seems to be appropriate, primarily because of consequences rather than difficulty.  The pourover at river right is very easy to avoid, but you absolutely do not want to go there.

Location
Type
Rapid
Difficulty
Class II+
Mile Marker
12.5 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