Whitewater of the Rio Grande
Whitewater! Over the years, we’ve been having a riotous time on the Rio Grande. Here is Sunset Rapid, on the Taos Box. Videos by guide extraordinaire Britt Runyon. More videos can be found on our YouTube site.
Sunset Rapid, also known as Taos Junction Rapid, is a serious class IV at high water. It has a vertical drop of 8 feet with a large hole (hydraulic) river left at the bottom. The rafting crew in the video below catch only a small piece of the hydraulic which is the best scenario.
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And here is Souse Hole, on the Racecourse, which can be bigger than anything on the Box at high water in early Spring. Now this rapid is usually a class III but at highwater becomes a serious class IV. It’s the last Rapid on the Racecourse section. The narrowness of the river channel here is due to the wetland on the right. This causes the land and boulders to creep downward into the existing rapid.
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This is rafting as good as it gets!
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See You On The Rio!
