Water to Ride - Trips

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New Mexico Locations

Chama River -

From El Vado dam to the Big Eddy take out is a permitted run on weekends and open during the week. Check with the Taos Office of the BLM which oversees the process for information on the river.

Rio Chama put in under El Vado Reservoir

Rio Grande - Northern Wild and Scenic

The Rio Grande starts up in Colorado and continues down to the Gulf Of Mexico. In the Northern parts as it enters New Mexico it goes from calm to class VI.

Above shows the Rio Grande right at the southern county line in Taos, NM. Below are paddlers on the section known as the Race Course. The large boulder on the bank, river right in the center, came crashing down into the river in the early 1990's.

And a bit farther up river, closer to the Junction bridge, it is more of a class 1 or 2 depending on flow. It was about 211 cfs in these photos.

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