NF South Arkansas
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NF South Arkansas   

Run Length Short Average Gradient
Difficulty Class V Recommended Flow 100 cfs minimum
River NF South Arkansas Creek Location Salida, Colorado
Author Chris Menges Current Level
Drainage Arkansas Elevation
 
Main Drop
The main drop - two tiered falls. Lawrance lands and sets his angle.
Paddler:Lawrence   Photographer:Nicole Mansfield
The North Fork of the South Arkansas is a small tributary creek 15 minutes outside of Salida, CO. Due to its short window and steep, woody character these drops are rarely run. It is estimated that the first descent of this creek occurred in the mid 90's.

Since Lawrance had just gotten back to Colorado from New Zealand (hadn't creeked since last summer) and had never been in the new Rocker, we thought it would be a good idea for him to put on 50ft above the lip of the first drop. No worries, if you don't nail the line and boof totally flat on the second drop you piton into 6 inches of water from 20ft.

The NF S.Ark contains 4-5 runnable drops; 15ft slide, 30ft crack drop, 2 smaller waterfalls and the double drop. On this run we only got the double drop (the most impressive drop of the run), but we hope to get back to do the rest. Be advised that there is a lot of wood between all of the main drops, basically making this a hike n park n huck special.

The main double drop is a twisting 15ft slide into an 8ft falls. A short fast moving pool allows for a stroke or 2 to line up the boof for the next drop.
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