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Eagle River

CO • US

The Eagle River flows 62 miles from the headwaters at Tennessee Pass
through Red Cliff, Minturn, Avon, Edwards, Eagle, and Gypsum to its
confluence with the Colorado River at Dotsero. It's one of Colorado's
best intermediate whitewater rivers, with the Class III-IV Dowd Chute,
several Class II-III commercial reaches, and the mellower lower river
past the town of Eagle. Peak season May–July; late-summer flows become
too low to run below ~300 cfs.

62.0 mi total 7 sections 10 access points 0 camps 6 rapids

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Click any point for details. Sections without stored geometry are drawn as straight put-in → take-out lines — actual courses follow the river.

Sections (7)

Red Cliff to Minturn (Upper Eagle)

● Red Cliff → ● Minturn Town Park

8.0 mi 💧 18 cfs · medium

Dowd Chute (Minturn to Dowd Junction)

● Minturn Town Park → ● Dowd Junction

2.5 mi 🌊 3 💧 18 cfs · low

Dowd to Edwards

● Dowd Junction → ● Edwards Launch

8.0 mi 🌊 1 💧 43 cfs · medium

Edwards to Wolcott

● Edwards Launch → ● Wolcott

8.0 mi 💧 43 cfs · medium

Wolcott to Eagle

● Wolcott → ● Eagle River Park (Eagle)

12.0 mi 🌊 2 💧 150 cfs · medium

Eagle to Gypsum (Lower Eagle)

● Eagle River Park (Eagle) → ● Gypsum Ponds

8.0 mi 💧 150 cfs · medium

Gypsum to Dotsero (Confluence)

● Gypsum Ponds → ● Dotsero / Colorado Confluence

3.0 mi 💧 150 cfs · medium