Tenmile Creek

01. Near Copper Mountain Ski Area to Dillon Reservoir

Difficulty	III-V
Length	5.6 mi
Avg Gradient	130 fpm
Gauge	Tenmile Creek Bl North Tenmile C, at Frisco, Co.
Flow Rate as of 1 hour	25 cfsbelow recommended
Reach Info Last Updated	April 19, 2009

River Description

See Banks & Eckardt, Colorado Rivers & Creeks II. They break it up into three short runs, with the first mile a Class-V section. Roadside access is available via I-70, but they caution against parking your car alongside the interstate at the uppermost putin. Getting towed kinda sux.

Lat/longitude coords of the putin and takeout are approximate, from TopoZone.

River Features

Put In

Access PointDistance: 0 mi

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Take Out

Access PointDistance: 4.2 mi

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Trip Reports

Jonathan Hare

May 29, 2014

Several avalanche paths on the Northwest side of the Ten Mile Range ran this winter and brought significant woody debris into Ten Mile Creek. There is a strainer about halfway between Officers Gulch and Frisco. There is a 4 boat eddy above the strainer on the river left and a passage at 600 cfs. As the water level rises I imagine wood will continue to move around on this run until the end of the high water season.