Rafting Through New Mexico's History
I N 1973, CISCO GUEVARA STOOD OUT as a rare New Mexican river runner who knew how to handle the Taos Box, some of the roughest whitewater on the Río Grande. He was hired at Los Rios River Runners…
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Our Rivers Have Rapid Rewards
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: BEGINNER Río Chama. Most New Mexico rivers are unpredictable, prone to swinging big in the spring with snowmelt and shrinking to summer trickles that would best float a rubber ducky…
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Go With the River Flow
OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE DAYS, we rode the edge of springtime. An intrepid friend and I launched our packrafts— single-passenger inflatable boats—into the Gila River on a rocky riverbank with bare tree…
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How to Raft the Río Chama
The pace of the Río Chama offers plenty of opportunities to take in the surrounding landscape. Photograph courtesy of New Mexico River Adventures. WHITEWATER CAN BE A FROTHY WORD, even in places with…
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Ride the Río's Rapids
Above: Yes, there are rivers in New Mexico—and some move really fast. Photograph by Ryan Heffernan. CALL IT "RIVER TIME"—that hypnotic space where the real world falls away and you float, just float…
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The Lifeblood
Above: Louie Hena, a guide for 40 years, calls the river his church. Photographs by Inga Hendrickson. LOUIE HENA SITS AT THE HELM of our Native Cultures Feast and Float excursion as it drifts a long…
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