[Awclist] river questions -- Pecos

[David Yeamans]

The "best" run is the de-facto wild and/or wilderness below Villanueva 
State Park. It's a long one-day run to Tecolotito. Shuttles can be had from 
Alex Gonzales at 421-1823 or from boaters who might be hanging around in 
the area.

There are two irrigation dams that I always portage because the thought of 
dropping 6 or 12 feet onto wet concrete blocks while sitting on my butt in 
a plastic sleeve is less attractive to me than to some younger people. The 
portages are easy. I ran it the last two weekends and encountered about 3 
fences. We floated (barely) through them without having to lift our rafts 
over.

We ran a 12' paddle boat, a variety of hard boats, and a 14' self bailer 
oar rig. Hydraulics are not a problem on this mostly Class II run but there 
are some real rock dodges and a couple of III+ places to beware of. One of 
those is Harpoon Rapid (find my story, "The Rescue of John's Boat," in the 
Waiting List magazine of GCPBA a few years ago) where the water fire hoses 
onto an undercut cliff. It's easy to see it coming. Just be ready to scout 
what you can't readily read from your boat.

Dave Yeamans




At 03:03 PM 5/25/2005 -0600, derreck jett wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am looking for river beta on 2 Rivers .
>
>Pecos in and around Villanueva (Not sure if the best stretch is above or 
>below the state park).
>
>What is the best stretch to raft?
>
>Can anyone offer suggested put ins and take outs?
>
>Any heads up on river obstacles such as fences and diversion damns?
>
>Canadian below Taylor Springs
>
>What is the best stretch to raft?
>
>Can anyone offer suggested put ins and take outs?
>
>Any heads up on river obstacles such as fences and diversion damns?
>
>Any notable rapids to scout?
>
>Thanks
>
>
>
>Justin Johnson
>
>Sandia National Laboratories
>
>Org 10517 Project Management Resource Office
>
>MS 1382 jusjohn at sandia.gov 505-284-2109
>
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