Rio Grande, New Mexico, US |
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| Usual Difficulty | III (for normal flows) |
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| Length | 24 Miles |
| Name | Range | Difficulty | Updated | Level |
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| RIO GRANDE AT OTOWI BRIDGE, NM | ||||
| usgs-08313000 | 500 - 10000 cfs | III | 01h14m | 687 cfs (rc= 0.0 ) |
Flow range for best boatability uncertain. Please help your fellow boaters with a comment or report. |
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The reaches of the Taos Box area are...
Ute Mountain (Class II),
Razors (Class III/IV),
Upper Box (Class V/V+),
Lower Box (Class III/IV),
Pilar (Class III/IV),
Otowi Bridge (Class III),
Red River (Class IV),
Rio Pueblo (Class V+), and
Rio Embudo (Class V+).
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.
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| RIO GRANDE AT OTOWI BRIDGE, NM | ||||||||||||||||
| usgs-08313000 | 500 - 10000 cfs | III | 01h14m | 687 cfs (rc= 0.0 ) | ||||||||||||
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| When | River/Gauge | Subject | Level | Reporter |
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| Rio Grande [NM] |
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500 cfs | Tim Johnson | |
| Rio Grande [NM] |
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around 500cfs | Tim Johnson |
No rapids entered. If you know names, and locations of the rapids please contact and advise the StreamTeam member for this run. reach
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7. Otowi Bridge to Cochiti Reservoir , Rio Grande New Mexico, US (mobile)
User Comments
is closed to put-in, or if the BLM is simply trying to discourage it. Be sure to look into this, it
will add an extra day to the trip. The Otowi Bridge put-in is on the Pueblo of San Ildefonso land
and is fenced off and locked up. Instead of the Espanola put-in, you can put in about 2-3 miles
downstream where the Buckman Road intersects the river on National Forest land. I wouldn't leave a
car there overnight, though! This will make your shuttle much shorter. Edit
are several fun little class II rapids between there and the bottom of the red dot trail. After red
dot, there are four class III's. The first two are one after another. Stay right for the second.
Almost all the current in the third rapid goes over a big rock, we have had problems there before
and haven't found a good way around it, it all depends on water levels. After the last rapid, which
is pretty close to Ancho Canyon, it is really flat water all the way to Cochiti Lake and it seems
to go on forever until you hit the lake and have to paddle a couple miles. I would recommend hiking
out at the Bandelier falls trail. Overall, it is a very fun trip, lots of beautiful scenery and
very remote, you probably won't see anyone on the river.