Rio Chama, New Mexico, US |
|
| Usual Difficulty | I-II (for normal flows) |
|---|---|
| Length | 25 Miles |
| Name | Range | Difficulty | Updated | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIO CHAMA BELOW ABIQUIU DAM, NM | ||||
| usgs-08287000 | 200 - 3000 cfs | I-II | 00h20m | 154 cfs (rc= -0.3 ) |
Flow range for best boatability uncertain. Please help your fellow boaters with a comment or report. |
||||
No photos found. We have no additional information about how various flows affect runnability (or playability) of this section of river. If you can provide additional information, please either directly contact the StreamTeam member for this reach, or add a 'comment' or a 'report' with your information to help out your fellow boaters.
| Name | Range | Difficulty | Updated | Level | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIO CHAMA BELOW ABIQUIU DAM, NM | ||||||||||||||||
| usgs-08287000 | 200 - 3000 cfs | I-II | 00h20m | 154 cfs (rc= -0.3 ) | ||||||||||||
|
Flow range for best boatability uncertain. Please help your fellow boaters with a comment or report. |
||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
No rapids entered. If you know names, and locations of the rapids please contact and advise the StreamTeam member for this run. reach
state
reachlink
5. Abiquiu Dam to confluence with Rio Grande, Rio Chama New Mexico, US (mobile)
User Comments
ACTIVITY HERE" in big letters. We did and nobody bothered us. There is a small rock dam about 500
yds downstream, followed by a low head dam/gaging station, GO RIGHT for the boaters chute. Just
below this is a SOLID fence (read: large, square blocks with fencing both inside and between each
other) that is strung across the river, portage right. The river wanders around for a 1/4 of a
mile- go left in the split for some class II- and then it pours over a scary river-wide rock dam
that diverts water off to a canal on river left. Below here there is maybe a quarter mile of spaced
out class II+, another large split, and then that's it for the "canyon", the river then meanders
through the open fields for the remainder of the run. There are a couple of small class II's in
this stretch, a good amount of fast, moving water, and one smaller irrigation drop before you cross
the road, takeout on the RIVER RIGHT side of the US 84 bridge. This is a fishermen-heavy stretch,
so expect some hostility if you see any of them. All in all, save your energy and go run the Rio
Ojo Caliente, the Rio Chama, or the Rio Grande, as this is one star at best! Edit