Blue - 03. Green Mountain Reservoir to Spring Creek Road


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03. Green Mountain Reservoir to Spring Creek Road (Green Mountain Canyon)

Usual Difficulty III (for normal flows)
Length 3.8 Miles
Avg. Gradient 49 fpm

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
BLUE RIVER BELOW GREEN MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR, CO.
usgs-09057500 300 - 2000 cfs III 01h02m 193 cfs (rc= -0.1 )


River Description

Green Mtn Canyon is dam powered. The rapids are all class III pool drop or boulder piles. Most of the rapids are fairly short but a few can be long and are unpleasant to swim. The last drop after leaving the shadow of Green Mtn. is a stair stepping flume on the left with a small hole. This is a gentle whitewater run for most Colorado boaters.
Shuttle is easy. Put in at the base of teh dam on 30 RD off Hwy 9 and drive back out to hwy 9 go left then take the next left and park where the rive and road meet.
StreamTeam Status: Not Verified
Last Updated: 2010-10-07 21:39:30

Late summer flows

Detail Trip Report  Late summer flows  @Blue 03. Green Mountain Reservoir to Spring Creek Road, CO(1.19MB .jpeg)

Lower Blue River

Detail Trip Report  Lower Blue River  @Blue 03. Green Mountain Reservoir to Spring Creek Road, CO(511.34KB .jpeg)


Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

You migth get away with 200-250 cfs.

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
BLUE RIVER BELOW GREEN MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR, CO.
usgs-09057500 300 - 2000 cfs III 01h02m 193 cfs (rc= -0.1 )

RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
300 -2000 cfs barely runnable-high runnable III

Report - Reports of Blue 03. Green Mountain Reservoir to Spring Creek Road and related gauges

Reports give the public a chance to report on river conditions throughout the country as well as log the history of a river.

Reports

When River/Gauge Subject Level Reporter
Blue03. Green Mountain Reservoir to Spring Creek Road [CO] Lower Blue River n/a Nathan Fey
119d00h48m /Blue-2. Green Mountain Reservoir to Spring Creek Road [CO] Late summer flows n/a Chad Stone

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User Comments
2010-06-20 06:37:29 (600 days ago)
MtHoodlum (151974)
The strainers have been washed away.
2010-06-09 10:31:24 (611 days ago)
MtHoodlum (151974)
Two fallen tree strainers on right side of the river just around the bend from The Wall rapid. Can
be avoided by staying river left.
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