Any water for paddling in Ark?

[deakin]

Is there enough water to paddle any of the middle Buffalo or actually any of the rivers that are similar in Arkansas?
I did the lower Kings over spring break and have been dying to do another 5 or 6 day trip. I just need to keep the rapids at class II or less.

David

[Cowper]

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Shows the river "low" from Gilbert down, too low above that.
If you started at Gilbert and planned on maybe fishing a lot or just doing a "layover day", you might could stretch this to a 5 day trip. It would be hard work to do that (the kind of hard work I like).

Richard or others may be able to advise as how to add a couple of days along the White; that could make it a more typical 5 day float. Difficulty of both the Lower Buffalo and the White would be in the Class 1 range, but treat with respect - the White is a big, wide river, and mistakes, while unlikely, could be much more of a problem than a "tump" on a 30 foot wide Class 1 stream, especially if they are generating from the upstream dams.