Yampa River

CO, UT • US

The Yampa River is the last major free-flowing tributary in the Colorado
River system — 250 miles from the Flat Tops in northwest Colorado to the
Green River confluence at Echo Park in Dinosaur National Monument. The
46-mile Yampa Canyon section through Dinosaur is a permit-required
spring-only multi-day Class III-IV float featuring Warm Springs Rapid.
Upper sections near Steamboat offer Class II-III day floats through the
town's free-access whitewater park.

250.0 mi total 4 sections 7 access points 12 camps 10 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. Purple lines = permit-required sections.

Sections (4)

Stagecoach to Steamboat

● Stagecoach Reservoir → ● Steamboat Whitewater Park (D Hole)

20.0 mi 💧 67 cfs · medium

Class I-II

Steamboat Whitewater Park (Town Run)

● Steamboat Whitewater Park (D Hole) → ● James Brown Soul Center of the Universe (Rotary Park)

1.5 mi 🌊 2 💧 67 cfs · medium

Class II-III

Cross Mountain Gorge

● Cross Mountain Canyon Put-in → ● Deerlodge Park

3.5 mi 🌊 2 📊 Yampa River below Craig

Class IV-V

Yampa Canyon (Deerlodge to Echo Park)

● Deerlodge Park → ● Echo Park

46.0 mi 🏕 12 🌊 6 💧 311 cfs · low

Class III-IV

🔒 Permit