Rio Grande

Kayaker: Pablo
Flow: 670 cfs

1.) It is possible to put in at Bear Crossing, the trail is steeper and you will miss the class III warm up section. I don't recommend it.

2.) NOC and Hell Hole, scout, portage left.

3.) Boulder Fan, scout left. Might be a good idea to set safety 2/3's of the way down on river left hand side by the obvious sieve. Possible to portage on the left but, hike is brutal and takes a lot of time.

4.) Big Arsenic portage right above the big boulder on the screen field. Easiest portage on the river if done correctly.

5.) Little Arsenic, ran this on river right mostly. Eddied out and portaged the tail end of the rapid as it really starts to sieve out near the end. It is possible to take out sometime after Little Arsenic on river left and follow a trail to the trailhead for the Little Arsenic / recommend take out.

6.) Wear long pants as Poison Ivy is everywhere!

Last drop before the great calm

This is one small part of the maze of sieves on the river left side of Little Arsenic Junior

Hard to tell, but the bottom 3/4 of this rapid sieves out. The only line is a small spout on the right.

This is the crux move of NCO, you want to stay right and be in control, the current pushes hard left into multiple sieves.
Not the preferred line! A little farther river left would have been better.
Current pushes hard into this sieve, I have been told that a Wavesport Lazer went into this and has never come out.