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Take-out NM Class III

Take-out

Rio Grande - 03. Chiflo Campground to Little Arsenic Trail (NM)

Gauge Conditions
Runnable: 300.0 – 3,000.0 CFS
Description
The takeout for Little Arsenic Trail is notoriously ambiguous. The whitewater will obviously mellow out, look for the trail on river left, takeout about a 1/4 mile after when the trail climbs up and on top of a bench and is no longer next to the river. I look for a large dead tree with the top broken off, it's probably about 40' tall, it has been dead for a while and has no bark. The hike to the rim is 750 foot up in .8 miles and will take about 45 minutes. Your only other option is to paddle 9 miles of Class I. The pain is unavoidable.
Location
Type
Take-out
Difficulty
Class III
Mile Marker
6.0 mi
Directions
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03. Chiflo Campground to Little Arsenic Trail
Rio Grande
V 7.8 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater