| | Put-In
Salida boat ramp |
| | Silver Heels Class II
The current pushes you towards a very large rock on the river right, pull around it on the left into a popular fishing eddy, then down a chute into Bear Creek Rapid |
| | Bear Creek Class III
A long rocky rapid, first one of note after leaving Salida. Near highway 50 mile marker 225. You enter the rapid near the overpass where Bear Creek enters, on river right. Move amongst various medium sized rocks, or holes depending on level, down to the left. At the end of a short wave train is a descent size hole - it's exact location varies with flow. Then the river curves immediately right demanding a move left around a large rock on the right and then a possible move back right around a rocky bar on river left, again dependent on flow. |
| | County Line Rapid Class II+
.5 miles below Bear Creek, you enter on a left curve. Two places where wave trains push you into a left hand wall or river center hole, there is adequate room at most flows to avoid both on the right. |
| | Spider Rapid Class II+
The river curves left then back right. Avoid various holes during the left hand turn, then stay in the main channel as you funnel down a wave train on the right curve. Just past highway mile 228. |
| | Gunbarrel Class III-
Just before highway mile 230 you make a left hand curve and pass a couple of fine play spots, and the river tries to push you into a wall on the left and into a hole. Shortly after the river gets rocky again for about 1/4 mile around a river right curve. About here the river enters an area of red-bed sediments that washed off the ancestral rockies and make for fun boating. |
| | Rincon Squirt Spot Class III-
A red-bed bar comes in at an angle from the river left creating one of the best squirt spots on the entire river. |
| | Rincon Seam Class II+
Just above the takeout, where the currents converge just below the multiple islands is a legendary seam where the Rincon Rendevous happens seasonaly. Mystery move heaven. |
| | Take-Out
Rincon |
