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Whitewater Rafting in Northern New Mexico


Racecourse High Water

Racecourse High Water

Racecourse High Water,  May, 18 2017. Our friends from Baylor University, in Waco, Texas, returned for a Racecourse trip, and enjoyed high water … and cool temps! They, of course, survived. The river is running at 3300 cfs today, making the Racecourse a Class 4 run.

Racecourse High Water

We expect the river to continue rising, what with the fact that it is still snowing in the mountains of New Mexico and Colorado! When will it peak?, everyone is asking. Well, normally, I would say the first week of June, but since the climate started getting quirky, it’s anybody’s guess.

I got to leave the office and take some pix of the group. Hope you like them!

Racecourse high water on the Rio Grande.
The group, with guide Orlando Torres
A good hit in the “Glory Hole”
About to get clobbered in Sleeping Beauty Rapid

Headquartered right on the Rio Grande close to Taos, we offer a complete choice of raft and funyak outings, from family-friendly scenic float trips to the wild whitewater of the Taos Box. We hope that you will enjoy looking through our website – it is chock-full of great photos, videos and all sorts of information. We are very proud of it, and think it presents the care and love that we bring to our business.

Visit our website for all the details at https://newwaverafting.com/

For the latest water levels visit https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nm/nwis/uv?site_no=08276500