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Rapid CO Class III+

The Greatful Dead

Arkansas - 10. Parkdale Launch to Canon City (Royal Gorge) (CO)

Monitor this Rapid
Gauge Conditions
Arkansas River at Parkdale, Co. Upstream Primary
Runnable: 300.0 – 3,200.0 CFS

Low-moderate to high-moderate flows.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
The Greatful Dead
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

(Info is from 2200) Read and run big water class III+ lots of large holes to miss then turns into a fun set of haystacks before getting into the last feature where you want to run right to left avoiding the pour overs on both sides of the river. At flows under 900 watch the rock that appears in the middle of the slot (This feature is new as of summer of 2025) 

Couple of good eddys on left and right to regroup if needed before droping into Sledgehammer IV 

 

Location
Type
Rapid
Difficulty
Class III+
Mile Marker
3.1 mi
Directions
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10. Parkdale Launch to Canon City (Royal Gorge)
Arkansas
III-IV(V) 10.0 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater