Dowd Chute (Minturn to Dowd Junction)

Eagle River • CO

Length

2.5 mi

Difficulty

Class IV

Current flow

17 cfs (low water)

Eagle River below Gore Creek at Minturn · about 1 hour ago

Shuttle

3 mi / 8 min

🟢 Put-in: Minturn Town Park 🔴 Take-out: Dowd Junction

Colorado's most famous short Class IV run. 2.5 miles of continuous boulder-
garden whitewater paralleling I-70. "Dowd Chute" is a stout Class IV-
scramble through a steep constricted gorge. Runs only at moderate flows
(300–900 cfs); dangerous at high water.

✓ Real river route loaded

🌊 Rapids (3)

Dowd Chute Entrance Class III+ • Mile 0.5 Dowd Chute (Main) Class IV • Mile 1.0 The Crux Class IV • Mile 1.3