No public transportation is available to this site. While this sounds welcoming, heat stroke and heat exhaustion are dangers to guard against during the hot months. Conversely, hypothermia is a life-threatening danger during the balance of the year. Infrequent and brief periods of cloudy weather are confined mostly to the winter months. Appropriate clothing and other gear should be carried from November through April as cold fronts can bring freezing weather with rain or snow.
Rapid river rises can be dangerous if unprepared.
A backcountry use permit is required for day and overnight use of floating craft on all sections of the Rio Grande administered by the National Park Service, except for persons day-fishing downstream from the National Park boundary. A group of up to 30 persons, not including professional guides, may put on the Rio Grande daily on the Lajitas to Talley sections and the Solis to Boquillas Canyon entrance sections. Elsewhere in Big Bend National Park, a group of up to 20 persons, not including guides, may float on the river each day. Along the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River downstream from the National Park, a group of up to 20 persons, not including guides, may float per day.