Arkansas River
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Places : US : Colorado : Arkansas River
Category : Whitewater river
Runs :
- Brown's Canyon Class III - Most rafted section of river in the states!
- Buena Vista River Park A small play park in Buena Vista, CO
- Granite George Class IV
- Lower Bighorn Sheep Canyon Class III-IV
- Parkdale Class III
- Pine Creek Class V
- Royal George Class IV
- Salida River Park A small play park in Salida, CO
- Stone Bridge Class II
- The Fractions Class III
- The Milk Run Class II
- The Narrows Class III
- The Numbers Class IV - A step above Brown's Canyon 15 miles North.
- The Town Run Class II-III
This is an exceptionally fun river that is available for rafting and kayaking for most of the summer. The River starts in Leadville Colorado and continues probably to Arkansas. The whitewater part of the river starts in Granite, Colorado and continues until Canyon City, Colorado. And as far as I know everything inbetween is boatable. The runs are listed above and as we say on the river it has everything from mild to wild. A note of caution: due to the mining in Leadville in the early part of the last century, this is one of the most poluted rivers in Colorado. There are a lot of mine tailings and most people that I know will not eat any of the fish that they catch in this river but many people enjoy sport fishing anyway.
A brief description of these runs is available at the Colorado State Parks Page until someone adds more detailed descriptions.
