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Whitewater Runs on the Arkansas River Select one of the sections below for description.

1. Granite Gorge   Pine Creek Canyon   Put-in: Granite, CO   Take-out: Numbers put-in   Difficulty: III-V   Length: 5.5 miles   Gradient: 60 ft/mile The Numbers   Arkansas River Gauge at Nathrop   Put-in: Numbers Put-in - Mi. 200   Take-out: Railroad Bridge - turn at Mi. 201.5   Difficulty: Class III+ < 1000cfs Class IV: 1000 cfs to 2200 cfs Class IV+ > 2200 cfs   Length: 5 miles   Gradient: 72 ft/mile Narrows-Frog Rock Conversion from Scott's Bridge to CFS (Nathrop)   Put-in: Railroad Bridge - turn at Mi. 201.5             Scott's          Bridge   CFS   Take-out: Buena Vista baseball fields                    1.5         700   Difficulty: Class III < 2200 cfs Class IV > 2200 cfs                    2.0        950   Length: 7 miles                    2.5        1250   Gradient: 46 ft/mile                    3.0        1500 Buena Vista Town Run        3.5        1900   Put-in: Buena Vista baseball fields        4.0        2300   Take-out: Johnson's Village        4.5        2800   Difficulty: III        5.0        3500   Length: 2.5 miles   Gradient: 32 ft/mile Milk Run   Put-in: Johnson Village Bridge   Take-out: Fisherman's Bridge   Difficulty: II   Length: 6 miles   Gradient: 30 ft/mile Brown's Canyon   Put-in: Fisherman's Bridge - Mi. 144.7   Take-out: Stone Bridge - Mi. 133.9   Difficulty: III-IV   Length: 12 miles   Gradient: 37 ft/mile Pinnacle Rock to Parkdale   Put-in: Pinnacle Rock Recreation Area - Mi. 258.2   Take-out: Parkdale Recreation Area - Mi. 266.6   Difficulty: III-IV   Length: 7.7 miles   Gradient: ?? ft/mile Royal Gorge   Put-in: Parkdale Recreation Area - Mi. 266.6   Take-out: Centennial Park - Mi. 278.4   Difficulty: III-IV   Length: 11.5 miles   Gradient: 46 ft/mile Other Whitewater Runs in Colorado Descriptions of Other Rivers in Colorado