Gauge Conditions

Cache LA Poudre River at Fort Collins, CO Downstream Primary

Runnable: ? – ? CFS

Approximate - nearest available gauge. Use as general reference only.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

The hardest rapid on the Poudre below the Narrows, Pineview is steep, with fast current, large rocks, and/or stout holes in it. You can scout this rapid from the road at Poudre Canyon Highway mile 112.7. There's a narrow pull-out on at the upstream end on the side of the road facing the river, and a wider pull-out on the side away from the river. From the water, the easiest markers that Pineview is approaching are the wooden stairs upstream at Chuck Norris and then the yellow hand-painted gauge on the rock.