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 | Click for weather information local to the gauge site. |
 | Click for the gauge location, shown as  on the displayed map.
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 | Click for color-coded flow (high/good/low) trigger level information. |
 | Click for the rating table (gauge height to river flow conversion chart). |
 | Click for the graph of recent flows. |
 | Click for the put-in location (could be one of several possibilities), shown as on the displayed map.
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 | Click for the take-out location (could be one of several possibilities), shown as on the displayed map.
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 | Flow on run is likely to differ markedly from reported flow - see second paragraph below. |
The following lists the various Colorado flow sites reported by Dreamflows, and some whitewater runs associated with those sites. This list isn't by any means exhaustive, but should provide a useful cross-listing. Sites reported by Dreamflows appear against the left-hand margin in bold, while associated runs appear indented underneath. Where available, gauge location and other pertinent information appear beneath the site name, while put-in and take-out locations appear to the right of the run. The terms "above" and "below" mean "upstream from" and "downstream from", respectively, and distances are in river miles.
In general, the flow on any given run will differ to some extent from the reported flow for its gauge.
For example, the flow on the Chamberlain Falls run of the North American will usually be lower than the inflow at Clementine,
since the run starts many miles upstream from Clementine (side creeks make up the difference).
For runs marked the difference is likely to be radical.
Please consult a good white-water guidebook for information on how to estimate the actual flow on any given run.
Information on the runs listed below was taken from one (or more) of the following sources:
| Tag | Title and Author |
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| AllAbout | All About Rivers (on online guide) - Brad Goettemoeller. |
| AWA | American Whitewater. |
| CRC | Colorado Rivers and Creeks, Second Edition - Gordon Banks and Dave Eckardt. |
| Hardy | Paddling Colorado - Dunbar Hardy. |
| WWW | Western Whitewater - Cassady, Cross and Calhoun. |
| World | World Whitewater - Jim Cassady and Dan Dunlap. |
| Hearsay | Opinions expressed by humble river runners (not guidebook authors). |
Almost all of the runs below have some basic information about the run: the length, the class, and a tag indicating which guidebook the information was taken from (see the above table for a list of tags). The page numbers (where given) are for the specified edition of the guide. The class ratings listed here never include all the nuances in the guidebook. Note very carefully that the information supplied here is intended only as an aid to selecting runs which might appeal to you. Different authors rate runs differently, some runs have significant rapids and hazards not covered by the rating given here, and ratings change with flow. Also, only a fraction of the information in the guidebooks is presented here. PLEASE CONSULT AN APPLICABLE GUIDEBOOK before selecting a run to paddle.
Many of the runs listed below have links to web pages that describe the run and associated logistics. Many also provide interesting photos. Note: these are third-party web sites, though, and as such Dreamflows cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of the information provided; nor are the opinions expressed necessarily shared by Dreamflows. Note also that for many runs, the logistical information is taken from a hardcopy book, even though there are one or more links to online pages as well. This offers the reader multiple sources of run information.
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Gauge located at the 5th Street bridge in Steamboat Springs. Gauge datum is 6695 feet.
Gauge located at Hwy-40 bridge, 5 miles above Maybell.
Gauge located at The Steps, 0.3 miles above Disappointment Draw, 5 miles below Little Snake River.
Gauge located 0.8 miles below Gore, 4 miles below Blue River confluence.
Gauge located 1.4 miles below Eagle River confluence, 1.8 miles below I-70 bridge at Dotsero. Gauge datum is 6130 feet.
Gauge located at Knowles Canyon, 2.0 miles above the Colorado-Utah state line.
Gauge located at Red Cliff, 0.3 miles above Turkey Creek.
Gauge located 400 feet above Hwy-24 bridge, 0.8 miles above Two Elk Creek, 3 miles above Minturn.
Gauge located at Hwy-6 bridge at Gypsum, 100 feet below Gypsum Creek.
AllAbout
Gauge located 0.8 miles below Maroon Creek, 1.1 miles above Owl Creek, 5 miles below Aspen.
Gauge located 500 feet below North Fork confluence, 1.8 miles above Thomasville, 1.8 miles below Norrie.
Gauge located 0.4 miles below Penny Hot Springs, 1.1 miles above Avalanche Creek, 4 miles below Redstone.
AllAbout
Gauge located 0.3 miles below East Portal, 2.0 miles below Crystal Dam.
Gauge located 500 feet below Hot Springs Blvd bridge, 0.2 miles above McCabe Creek, 0.6 miles below Hwy-160 bridge at Pagosa Springs.
Gauge located at footbridge, 0.2 miles below Main Ave bridge in Durango.
Gauge located 0.7 miles below Hwy-125 bridge, 5 miles above Wyoming state line. Gauge datum is 7810 feet.
Gauge located 600 feet below Elevenmile Canyon Reservoir.
Gauge located at Grant, 0.3 miles below Geneva Creek.
Gauge located at Hwy-6 bridge at Golden.
Gauge located 1.1 miles above Fourmile Creek at Orodell, 1.3 miles below Bummers Gulch.
Gauge located at road bridge, 0.8 miles below Gross Reservoir.
Gauge located 1.3 miles above Lewstone Creek, 2.4 miles below Hwy-24 bridge.
Gauge located 1.2 miles above Twin Lakes Reservoir, 2 miles below Black Cloud Creek.
Gauge located at Princeton, 0.9 miles below Pine Creek, 2 miles above Tumble Creek.
Gauge located at end of 194 Road, 3.4 miles below Browns Creek, 4 miles above Hwy-291 bridge near Browns Canon.
Gauge located at Hwy-50 bridge at Parkdale, 0.4 miles below Tallahassee Creek.
Gauge located at G Road bridge, more-or-less 8.5 miles west of Mesita as the crow flies.
Colorado DWR - River Flow Index
USGS - Colorado Real-Time Flow Index
This page was last updated Sat, Aug 14, 2010.
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