Royal Gorge
Arkansas River • CO, KS, OK, AR
Length
10.0 mi
Difficulty
Class IV-V
Shuttle
11 mi / 15 min
The iconic Royal Gorge reach — 10 miles of big-water Class IV-V through
a 1,000-foot-deep granite gorge spanned by the Royal Gorge Bridge.
Marquee rapids: Sunshine Falls, Sledgehammer, Wallslammer, The Narrows.
Dangerous at high water (>4000 cfs); usually run July onward as flows
subside. Commercial-only for most; technical read-and-run for expert
private boaters.
✓ Real river route loaded