Little Colorado
03. Cameron to Colorado River
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Log in to add a reportLooked pretty well run by packraft two years ago. I'd love it, but a bit beyond my kayak skills.
If you go here with high water you will see that the 'The Southwest Paddler' description is actually spot on.
The Little Colorado a few hundred yards upstream of the confluence with the main Colorado.
Flow was 669 cfs at Cameron, and 825 cfs at the gauge near the mouth.
Thank you for these recent comments. I am correcting the description as best I can (without having done the run) and eliminating the hyperbole. Any additional information would be appreciated.
Looks like somebody copied the previous description straight from the Southwest Paddlers website which appears to be canoe oriented.
http://southwestpaddler.com/docs/coloradoaz12.html
I aborted a trip here with a planned hike out option, as did many others, because it is NOT class V. According to reliable sources, it's about 3 miles of good class IV+, and the rest is painfully flat. Beautiful, but the 12 hour hike out was not worth it. Paddling AZ calls it class IV, and unlike the one here, the description in Tyler's book is trustworthy.
This run's illegal only if you end your trip within Grand Canyon National Park and don't obtain a permit from the Navajo tribe.