Boulder Creek, North, Colorado, US

01. Switzerland Park to Boulder Falls (Dream Canyon)

Usual Difficulty	V+ (for normal flows)
Length	2.25 Miles
Avg. Gradient	305 fpm
Max Gradient	498 fpm

River Description

This is a little known run, and for a good reason. Sounds like it's very manky, extremely continuous, and very easy to blunder into the Class VI rapids. I've heard it's very popular with nudists and gays. Sounds like there is some good climbing there too.

See Colorado Rivers and Creeks II, by Banks and Eckardt (The Bible), for info on this and most of the other kewl runs of Colorado.

Lat/longitude coords are approximate, from TopoZone.

The various reaches of Boulder Creek,
Jasper Creek (Class V+/VI),
The Source (Class V),
Upper Boulder Canyon (Class V/V+),
Lower Boulder Canyon (Class IV),
Boulder Town Run (Class II/III),
North Fork Boulder (Class V+/VI),
Alto-Alto (Class IV),
Upper South Boulder (Class V+/VI),
Lower South Boulder (Class IV/V+/VI),
Eldorado Canyon (Class V+).