Rio Grande

We ran this on 10/24/2020 at 260 CFS in packrafts and had a pretty good time. Everything was Class II- at these flows. The put-in/take-out situation has become a little different since the Bandelier Falls trail was wiped out by a mudslide in 2011.

For the put-in we were able to park on a little strip of land just north of the Otowi bridge on the highway and walk through the fence to get to the river. For the take-out we did some REALLY sketchy scrambling in the Rio de Frijoles Canyon where the trail used to be. I would not recommend this. We had a backup plane of continuing farther down and hiking out via the Burro trail.

Also there were a TON of tires in the river, we counted 335 at least between the bridge and just south of Ancho Canyon.