RIO NEVADO

El Rio Nevado is a must run river while visiting the Pucon area. The river is short but sweet. I would recommend running it with someone familiar since there are a few tricky spots along the way and simply finding the put in and take out can be difficult. To find the river first take the road to Huife then head towards Lefincul when the road forks. Soon after the fork there is a bridge, after that a road off to the left. Follow this road to get to the put in. Water level, visual. Class V.

This is the put in. The take out is about 1 mile down the road through a little nook next to the road. Make sure you locate the correct take out above a very deep difficult gorge. The rapid here was run by the demshitz crew but i decided it was a bit gnarly for myself.

// the first rapid // photo:vallentine grollemund // paddler:mike goglin

// this is the 2nd rapid // photo: jakub sedivy // paddler:mira kodada

This is the fourth rapid. This is where the river gets tricky. It is a mandatory 30ftr that you can't see the bottom of or portage. I call it the reverse groove tube because it has a similar barrel to it. Just plug and go deep. Right above Vallentine is a very powerful hydraulic. The line is hard left. Below Val is a 20ft ledge. The line here is about 6ft off the left wall in a little nook. This will put you in an eddy on the left deep within an inescapable gorge. From here you will see a rapid on the right and a huge boulder on the left with just enough space to slip under. The rapid on the right is a portage due to wood.



// photo:mike goglin // paddler:vallentine grollemund

The portage -under the boulder to grandmothers house we go.

// photo:mike goglin // paddler:mira kodada

// photo:jakub sedivy // clown shoes:mike goglin, vallentine grollemund

Finish this portage and then do one more before the take out. Be carefull here, you want to portage right but the eddy can be very difficult to catch.The take out is river left immediatly belown the second portage or if your felling froggy a very big rapid lies just down stream. Consult the demshitz crew for further details