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Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

Don’t even think about running this until late July or August when the rest of the Crystal drainage is unrunnable because of low water. The good levels are from 200cfs to 350cfs. Somewhere above 400cfs this run turns absolutely evil! There are legends told around the campfire of big-name sponsored boaters going in at 500 or 600 cfs and getting their butts kicked!

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
CRYSTAL RIVER ABV AVALANCHE CRK, NEAR REDSTONE, CO
usgs-09081600 200 - 350 cfs V+ 00h39m 51 cfs (rc= -1.0 )

RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
200 - 350 cfs barely runnable-high runnable V+

Report - Reports of Crystal 02. Road to Crystal to Beaver Lake and related gauges

Reports give the public a chance to report on river conditions throughout the country as well as log the history of a river.

Reports

When River/Gauge Subject Level Reporter
Crystal River [Co] The "Steep and Bony" Fall 300 cfs Brian Adkins
Crystal [CO] Zute Chute 350 cfs Gordon Dalton
5y121d02h37m Crystal [CO] End of Gorge n/a Kit Davidson