Rio Aros

[Durangatang]

I would really like to come down and run the Rio Aros over Christmas this year with my family and a couple other boaters from here (Colorado). We are solid Class IV and V rafters and kayakers who do multi day trips year round. Since it's Christmas, we want to bring our families which include small children, so we figured the Rio Aros (Class III) would be appropriate. We haven't boated in Mexico before and I'm having trouble finding information on levels, shuttles and safety and even how far the putin is from Nogales, which is where we would enter Mexico.

If anyone has any info, I would appreciate it. We would be open to hiring a guide if necessary or recommended. We would also consider other Class III stretches nearby.

Thanks, Kjirsten

[TomRobey]

If you have not already checked out Rocky Contos' information on the Río Aros.

- Tom Robey

[Durangatang]

Thanks- that's actually how I decided on that stretch. I'm looking for more information. I'd love to get the guidebook that he mentions on SierraRios. Is it still available?

[Durangatang]

Does the Gringo Guide have the Rio Aros in it? It says it has the Yaqui, but is that the whole basin, or just that section?

[TomRobey]

No, the Gringo's Guide does not have the Río Aros in it.  Many of the rivers in Chihuahua that Rocky has run are only runnable during the monsoon season (summer). The Yaqui is dam-controlled so it is runnable year-round.  The Río Aros is a tributary of the Río Yaqui and will be relatively low in the Winter and Spring.  I do not know if it is runnable at those water levels.

- Tom Robey