Gila Box packrafting trip

Brett,

A very interesting and professional presentation of your trip! Thank you very much for sharing your adventure with us.

Thanks Richard. The camera really didn't see enough use during the trip, for the reasons stated. So the end product was somewhat lacking for raw materials, but hopefully it paints a broad brush stroke, anyway.

Nice write up. I've been on a few float trips, where it seems like you walk as much as paddle.

Brett,
Thanks so much for taking the time to document and share with us. That looked like a fun couple days! Great job!

The Gila is GORGEOUS! How long was the trip? How did arrnage transportation?

Great pics, and nice video too. Very professional (where'd you get the music?)…

I'm going to be floating the box in Mid-March courtesy of La Nina…!

Brett,

Nice video. The birds and breeze sounds @ 3:40 were nice and the giant fish in the mud-puddle very surprising!

Looking forward to your future videos, and as you mention here, your future partners.

Amazing how a floatable river just gets sucked dry.

Liked the video, thank you. I feel bad for the fish :)

There are several boatable sections on the Gila. This trip report covers the Lower Box section.

Starting near the Gila Cliff Dwellings near Gila Hot Springs, NM, the runs go in order like this:

Leopold Wilderness run 39 miles class II-III
9 miles of private land/fences/diversions
18 mile class III+ Middle Box
then the lower box, which starts above the san francisco but includes the canyon covered in this report.

Below the lower box there is still the Arizona Box and a reservoir and the mostly dewatered sections.

There isn't much beta about floating some of these sections, so I just wanted to post to make some sense of it for people looking at it down the road.

thanks for sharing the great pix!