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Rapid NV Class III

Fossil Rapid (5)

Colorado - 19. Lee's Ferry to Lake Mead (NV)

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Gauge Conditions

Colorado River at Lees Ferry, AZ Upstream Primary

Runnable: 4,000.0 – 48,000.0 CFS

Colorado River near Grand Canyon, AZ Upstream Primary

Runnable: 4,000.0 – 48,000.0 CFS

Colorado Rvr above Diamond Creek near Peach Springs AZ Downstream Primary

Runnable: 4,000.0 – 48,000.0 CFS

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

Fossil Rapid is a read and run rapid at the start of the Middle Granite Gorge. It is one of the longer rapids in the canyon starting with a fun lead in before the river bends left and then back right creating a great S-turn sequence of whitewater.