Registered: 01/23/04
Posts: 955
Loc: Dallas, TX, USA
One thing I will say about the Devil's is that no one really wants you there. The river opened for public use in 1991 and it really upset the land owners so they decided they would make it very tough on all paddlers and I believe they would prosecute you for looking at their land if they could! You can camp at Bakers Crossing and hang out there but once you go down river you are in some of the most wilderness parts left in this incredible state. Once you make it to the S.N.Area you are only allowed to camp one night and they want you out of there and you are only allowed to camp in one spot. If you decide to put in at the S.N.Area you are not allowed to camp and your not allowed to day use the river the park rangers charge a fee to drive your truck to the river and drop you off and then they park your truck back at the headquarters and you are not allowed to pull your boat out you must go down river. Everyone at the Devil's is very protective of this jewel and hopefully this will keep it protected!
I did the trip with a couple of friends. We camped out on an island during the 2nd night only to awake to an old rancher taking pictures of us from his jeep. We got out of there and I am not sure what we were doing wrong, if anything at all.
We had to pull the canoe ALOT! But we had a blast.
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