Paddling on the Castle River

Castle River - Starting above or below the slide at Castle Falls campground, this run provides a great run through a canyon down to the confluence with the Carbondale. Besides Castle Falls there are 2 other major drops. After the river joins the Carbondale, it breaks out into a broader valley with more gravel riffles and few larger rapids. There is one last major rapid in this reach before you reach the Hwy 507 bridge.

Castle River - This is a nice Grade II river run with some fun practice features just below the campground. After this it is pretty float through an broad incised valley with some riffles. The last corner above the bridge has a tight turn with a hidden ledge on the outside.

Castle River - Castle Canyon is a short trip with lots of excitement as the river cuts down over a variety of bedrock ledges through a tight canyon. The run isn't over once the river exits the canyon as there are a series of other drops with some great surfing .

Castle River - This trip does not have the excitement of the Canyon run but it has a lot of smaller sandstone ledges that create wonderful small surfing waves. They can actually be quite big during high water.