Access Site
CO
Parachute Ponds State Wildlife Area
Colorado River • Diamond Ditch • Parachute Creek • Parachute Ditch
Source: National Rivers Project Updated 3 months ago
City: CO
County:
Type: Boat Ramp
Location: 39.44181700, -108.04797200
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Real-time data from USGS Water Services
Whitewater Runs on Colorado River
20 runs (6 nearby)Difficulty Classes
I Easy
II Novice
III Intermediate
IV Advanced
V Expert/Extreme
VI Unrunnable
Position relative to this access site:
Put-in at this location
This location is on the run
Take-out at this location
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I
This location is on this run
11. New Castle to Cameo
61.9 mi
III
Downstream from here (22.7 mi to put-in)
12. Big Sur
1.2 mi
15 ft/mi
I
Downstream from here (31.8 mi to put-in)
13. Grand Junction Town
31.6 mi
8 ft/mi
I
Upstream from here (37.1 mi from take-out)
10. South Canyon to New Castle
6.7 mi
15 ft/mi
II(III)
Upstream from here (44.4 mi from take-out)
09. Two Rivers to South Canyon
5.3 mi
15 ft/mi
II+(III)
Upstream from here (49.8 mi from take-out)
08. Grizzly Creek to Two Rivers Park
5.9 mi
19 ft/mi
These whitewater runs are on the same river but located more than 50 miles from this access site.
III-IV
56 mi away
07. Shoshone Power Plant, Exit 123 (I-70) to Grizzly Creek, Exit 121 (I-70)
1.7 mi
39 ft/mi
II
56 mi away
14. Loma launch to Westwater launch
24.9 mi
7 ft/mi
IV-V(V+)
57 mi away
06. Hanging Lake Exit 125 (I-70) to Shoshone Power Plant Exit 123 (I-70)
2.5 mi
83 ft/mi
II(III)
69 mi away
05. Burns to Dotsero
24.9 mi
III-IV
77 mi away
15. Westwater to Rose Ranch (Westwater Canyon)
17.6 mi
9 ft/mi
II(III)
85 mi away
04. State Bridge to Burns
20.6 mi
I-III
89 mi away
16. Cisco (Rose Ranch) to Moab
46.7 mi
5 ft/mi
III
101 mi away
03. Pumphouse campground to State Bridge
15.0 mi
15 ft/mi
IV-V
112 mi away
02. Gore Canyon
9.7 mi
35 ft/mi
II
120 mi away
17. Moab to Green River Confluence
65.0 mi
IV
139 mi away
01. Hot Sulphur Springs to Hwy 40 bridge
2.7 mi
42 ft/mi
IV-V
154 mi away
18. Colorado/Green Confluence to Hite Marina (Cataract Canyon)
48.6 mi
16 ft/mi
III-IV
302 mi away
19. Lee's Ferry to Lake Mead
300.0 mi
9 ft/mi
I
519 mi away
20. Black Canyon
26.0 mi
1 ft/mi
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater
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