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San Juan - 1. Sand Island to Mexican Hat

San Juan, Utah, US

1. Sand Island to Mexican Hat (Upper San Juan)

Usual Difficulty	II (for normal flows)
Length	26.5 Miles

Gauge Information

Name	Range	Difficulty	Updated	Level
SAN JUAN RIVER NEAR BLUFF, UT
usgs-09379500	500 - 8000 cfs	II	01h10m	1140 cfs (running)

River Description

This is the upper section of the San Juan river that may be floated separately or in combination with the Mexican Hat to Clay Hills section. Permits are required to launch on the San Juan.

StreamTeam Status: Not Verified

Last Updated: 2002-09-05 11:29:31

Rapid Descriptions

No rapids entered. If you know names, and locations of the rapids please contact and advise the StreamTeam member for this run.

User Comments

2008-04-21 12:57:38 (1857 days ago)

x (1)

We ran this section at around 4,500 cfs. For fully-loaded open canoes, there are class II sneak
routes, but the center wave trains and holes for the larger rapids, e.g., 8 ft., would be class
III.

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