Within a week I should be closing on a property on the south edge of the Gila national forest east of Silver City, NM.
Looks like there is some decent paddling along the Gila river although the window to run it sounds pretty narrow and flow dependent. I've read a few trip reports from whitewater kayakers and I'm wondering how amenable it is to canoes? How technical are the rapids? Would you run it in something along the lines of a Wildfire?
Any other good paddling destinations I should know of in the area? Paddling around Gila Box near Safford, AZ has always intrigued me.
Alan
Looks like there is some decent paddling along the Gila river although the window to run it sounds pretty narrow and flow dependent. I've read a few trip reports from whitewater kayakers and I'm wondering how amenable it is to canoes? How technical are the rapids? Would you run it in something along the lines of a Wildfire?
Any other good paddling destinations I should know of in the area? Paddling around Gila Box near Safford, AZ has always intrigued me.
Alan
