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Dolores Canyon Info
Use this information at your own risk. See our legal notices. |
| Put In: |
Bradfield Bridge |
| Take Out: |
Slick Rock |
| Difficulty: |
Class III
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| Gradient: |
21 ft/mi |
| Run Length: |
47 miles |
| Current Streamflow |
35.4 cfs @ 11/22/2008 01:45 AM - DOLBMCCO -- DOLORES RIVER BELOW MCPHEE RESERVOIR, reading taken from DWR
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| Flow Information (phone): |
Watertalk 303-831-7135, 7* 5*. Dolores River below McPhee Reservoir. |
| Good Level: |
1,000-4,000 cfs |
| Season Comments: |
April, May, June
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| Primary Season: |
Variable, depending on releases from McPhee Dam. |
| Permit: |
None presently required. |
| Character/Similar To: |
As the Dolores glides into ever deepening canyons you encounter several Class II-III drops and then the river plunges into the Class IV Snaggletooth rapid. The rapids can be technical at low flows, powerful and hazardous at high flows. |
| Water Craft: |
kayak,canoe,raft |
| Land Ownership: |
Mostly public |
| Wilderness: |
Yes |
| Camping on River: |
Excellent sites available. |
| Location: |
In the Rocky Mtn Region (CO), 433 miles Southwest of Denver |
| Shuttle Logistics: |
Put-in: Turn east off US 666 onto Colorado 505 just north of Pleasant View, about 20 miles northwest of Cortez in the southwestern corner of Colorado. Drive some 6 miles to the river and launch at Bradfield Recreation Site, several hundred yards downstream from the bridge on the left bank.
Take-out: Located on the right bank above the Colorado 141 bridge over the Dolores between the towns of Dove Creek and Naturita (private access with no parking. Pay to park at the cafe west of the bridge). |
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