Colorado whitewater - Saint Vrain Creek - North, Front Range, Boulder County
Boulder
county,
CR 80 to Lyons section whitewater kayaking, rafting, and paddling information.
CLASS III 6.5 miles
This stretch of Saint Vrain Creek - North is 6.5 miles long and is a class III section of whitewater according to American Whitewater. The wonderful Boulder County scenery and the water flowing gracefully down Saint Vrain Creek - North make the trip here worthwhile. If you're coming from Boulder it's not a long drive at all to the put-in location, please print out a copy of the road map further down the page so you won’t get lost. Since you're on this site you are probably into whitewater rafting or kayaking, either way this is an area with plenty of
places for that. There are nice comfortable hotels here, but you'd better reserve in advance because these hotels fill up quick. If you're a camper you can camp at one of the great campgrounds nearby. If you've been out of state whitewater rafting and kayaking you might find the
rivers here more demanding, so if you're not from around here don't forget that a large number of rivers in this state are not easy. When you're paddling down a Front Range river like this one you always get great scenery along the way too. A bit of exercise and just hanging out with mother nature will make you glad you came. This river system is full of great paddling sections, the CR 80 to Lyons section is just one of them. This stretch has has enough mileage, suitable for an afternoon trip.
Briefly about the general area: Nearby Spring Gulch
is a great site to go if you're at Saint Vrain Creek - North. Summer brings highs in the 70's to Saint Vrain Creek - North, and the overnight is rather colder of course, typically in the 40's. Highs during the wintertime are commonly in the 30's while Saint Vrain Creek - North
overnight low temperatures during the winter are in the 10's. Saint Vrain Creek - North gets very little rainfall; the month with most of the rain is July, and January meanwhile is the driest month.
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