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Top 40 Wild Rivers Far West Trips Tuolumne, California Rogue River, Oregon Klamath, California Skyomish, Washington Owhyee, Oregon Alaska Trips Alsek/Tatshenshini Talkeetna River Chitina/Copper Rivers Sixmile Creek Hulahula Southwest Trips Colorado River/Grand Canyon, Arizona Green River/Lodore Canyon, Utah Rio Grande/Big Bend National Park, Texas Upper Rio Grande, New Mexico San Juan, Utah Rocky Mountain Trips Salmon, Middle Fork Arkansas, Colorado Flathead, Montana Animas, Colorado Selway, Idaho Midwest Trips Wolf River, Wisconsin St. Croix, Minnesota Ozark National Scenic Riverway, Missouri Presque Isle River, Michigan Vermilion, Illinois Southeast Trips Chattooga, Georgia and South Carolina Buffalo, Arkansas Cumberland, Kentucky Russell Fork, Kentucky and Virginia French Broad, North Carolina Mid-Atlantic Trips Youghiogheny, Maryland and Pennsylvania New River, West Virginia Hudson River Gorge, New York Upper Gauley James River Basin, Virginia New England Trips Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Maine Winooski, Vermont Deerfield River, Massachusetts Pennobscot, Maine Kennebec, Maine
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Upper Rio Grande, New Mexico
Top 40 Wild Rivers - Southwest
Difficulty: Class IV to V
Trip Length: One day
Season: April through July
The Rio Grande in New Mexico boasts several sections, but none beats the Taos Box, which extends for 15-miles from John Dunn Bridge to Taos Junction Bridge. Roads make put-in and take-out very convenient, but in between is pure, untamed desert canyon.
Top 40 Wild Rivers |
Far West Trips |
Tuolumne, California |
Rogue River, Oregon |
Klamath, California |
Skyomish, Washington |
Owhyee, Oregon |
Alaska Trips |
Alsek/Tatshenshini |
Talkeetna River |
Chitina/Copper Rivers |
Sixmile Creek |
Hulahula |
Southwest Trips |
Colorado River/Grand Canyon, Arizona |
Green River/Lodore Canyon, Utah |
Rio Grande/Big Bend National Park, Texas | Upper Rio Grande, New Mexico |
San Juan, Utah |
Rocky Mountain Trips |
Salmon, Middle Fork |
Arkansas, Colorado |
Flathead, Montana |
Animas, Colorado |
Selway, Idaho |
Midwest Trips |
Wolf River, Wisconsin |
St. Croix, Minnesota |
Ozark National Scenic Riverway, Missouri |
Presque Isle River, Michigan |
Vermilion, Illinois |
Southeast Trips |
Chattooga, Georgia and South Carolina |
Buffalo, Arkansas |
Cumberland, Kentucky |
Russell Fork, Kentucky and Virginia |
French Broad, North Carolina |
Mid-Atlantic Trips |
Youghiogheny, Maryland and Pennsylvania |
New River, West Virginia |
Hudson River Gorge, New York |
Upper Gauley |
James River Basin, Virginia |
New England Trips |
Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Maine |
Winooski, Vermont |
Deerfield River, Massachusetts |
Pennobscot, Maine |
Kennebec, Maine
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