Arkansas, Colorado, US
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10. Pinnacle Rock Launch to Parkdale Launch (Pinnacle Rock)
| Usual Difficulty |
III (for normal flows) |
| Length |
8.7 Miles |
| Avg. Gradient |
33 fpm |
Pinnacle
PinnaclePhoto by Tom O'Keefe taken 06/04/04 @ 1000 cfs
Gauge Information
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).
StreamTeam Status: Not Verified
Last Updated: 2009-02-12 18:49:01
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