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Arkansas, CO

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

Class III
8.7 Miles
Avg Gradient 33 fpm

Pinnacle


Pinnacle
Photo by Tom O'Keefe taken 4JUN2004 @ 1000 cfs

Gauge Information

Arkansas
I. Pinnacle Rock Launch to Parkdale Launch III
med
1,320
5/16 23:45
[detail]

Min Sug. Level:  600 cfs Max Sug. Level:  3500 cfs

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).


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Last Updated: 2004-07-14 16:39:55