Arkansas, Colorado, US

10. Pinnacle Rock Launch to Parkdale Launch (Pinnacle Rock)

Usual Difficulty	III (for normal flows)
Length	8.7 Miles
Avg. Gradient	33 fpm

Gauge Information

Name	Range	Difficulty	Updated	Level
ARKANSAS RIVER AT PARKDALE, CO.
usgs-07094500	600 - 3500 cfs	III	121d08h47m	400 cfs (rc= -0.1 )

River Description

Description: This run which is located approximtely 40 miles downstream of Salida parallels Highway 50 for its entire length. Much of the run can be seen from the road.

Logisitics: The put-in for this section at Pinnacle Rock is located at Highway 50 mile 258.2. The take-out, which is also the put-in for the popular Royal Gorge section, is located at Highway 50 mile 266.6. Spike Buck is an intermediate access point about a third of the way through the run.

See Colorado Rivers and Creeks II, by Banks and Eckardt (The Bible), for info on this and most of the other kewl runs of Colorado.

Lat/longitude coords are approximate, from TopoZone.

See also Pinecreek (Class IV/V),
The Numbers (Class IV),
Fractions/ Frogrock/ Milkrun (Class III),
Buena Vista (Class III),
Browns Canyon (Class III),
Salida (Class III),
Rincon (Class III),
Pinnacle Rock (Class III),
Royal Gorge (Class III/IV).