Colorado
American Whitewater maintains a database of rivers throughout the United States including CO. Visit American Whitewater - Colorado Rivers List for more info.
Colorado River…Pumphouse and Radium sections through BLM, south of Kremmling, CO. No permit needed. Very busy on the weekends in July & August. Visit the USGS Water Gage Data near Kremmling, CO.
Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado is a Class III-IV+ section of whitewater. Dean & Phyllis drop into Sunshine Rapid in the banner photo. View the USGS water gage near Parkdale, CO for the current flows (April to September)
Cache la Poudre River, west of Fort Collins, CO. Travel west on CO 14 through the Poudre Canyon to start rowing or paddling the whitewater sections. Multiple put-in points. View the streamflow gage’s in/around the city of Fort Collins. Map created by Erika Szonntag, 2013.
Jason, Dean and George H. getting sideways and swamped in Sunshine Rapid on the Arkansas River through Royal Gorge, circa 1986.