There is a $9 fee to use this river access. Mile 3.79 – Spike Buck River Access: River Right. Small deck offering great view at the end of the rapid. There is no access to the river here, but it is a good place to set up a home base. Across the highway is a good camping option at Five Points Camp. Mile 2.0 – Five Points Camp: River right. As you exit the rapid, there is a deck where curious folk staying at Five Points Campsite can watch your line. As the river bends right, watch out for a rock on river left, there is a good amount of current pushing into it. Enter in the left channel for this long, splashy rapid. Mile 1.87 – Five Points Rapid: Class III. Salt Lick River Access has a AED and backboard in case of emergency. Mile 1.57 – Salt Lick River Access: River right. There are 3 lines at highwater and only run if you are a confident boater and all passengers are ok swimming. You will start to enter this rapid at the first right hand turn after Prelude. At high water this is one of the most challenging rapids on the river and sees the most carnage. Mile 1.22 – Three Rocks Rapid: Class III-V. After the slight turn continue on the wave train and avoid the pourover at the end of the wave train. Start center right and ride the wave train following the main current from right to river left. Mile 0.74 – Wake-up/Prelude: Class III. This is a fun first rapid of this section. $9 per vehicle fee ($4 without a vehicle). Mile 0 – Pinnacle Rock River Access: River Right. The put-in is heavily used by commercial rafting companies and private boaters, so be patient and courteous with one another. There is a $9 fee to park a car at Parkdale, but parking a car at take-out is free. The put in for the Royal Gorge is located at the AHRA Parkdale Recreation Site and the take-out is at River Station River Access in Cañon City. The shuttle is about 20 minutes in each direction. The Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River has one put-in and take-out. However, many access points require a parking pass, which can be bought for the year or per day. Permits are not required to run the Arkansas River. Here are the GPS waypoints for these: Permits The train company does not want you to pull over on river left, so most scouting will be done on river right.įinally, in the event of an emergency, there are AEDs and backboards throughout this section. There is also a train that follows this section of the river on river left. Commercial outfitters will advise non-experienced boaters to remain in the center of current if they have swimmers in this rapid. This is especially true on Narrows Rapid. You will want to avoid this at all costs. In addition to high flows, it’s important to know that there is rebar on river left at several rapids. He said boaters should be experienced, have run the river before and run it at these levels and have the right gear with them, noting that the water is colder and faster now with the increased runoff.” In an interview, Rob White, manager of the AHRA, is quoted best: “For private boaters still planning on floating the Arkansas, White recommended never boating alone. At these flows, commercial trips won’t operate but private boaters can still go out. If the water gets high enough, a High Water Advisory is put into place. SafetyĪs water flows increase, rapids also get harder and some Class IV sections will bump into Class V.
This river is one of the most commercially rafted rivers in the United States, so there can be points of congestion. The shuttle is easy, the rapids are large, and the scenery is incredible. The Arkansas River is most famous for the Royal Gorge – a 9 mile stretch of river with over 20 named Class III, IV, and V rapids. Use these to accurately build shuttle directions.
Put-ins and take-outs include links to their Google Map locations. This guide outlines The Royal Gorge section of the Arkansas River.
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