Clear Creek

Chill in the rafts. Watched Eli send it clean in the pack raft. Lots of hard to see rocks in the bigger rapids. The big continuous drop at the end was rad

Ran this in a tube at 500 cfs. It was doable, but tough. It was hard to get out of the big hole on the Phoenix rapid in the inner tube. It's a fun run.

Here is an upstream view showing how close together the ledges are in the 'ledges' section of the Lawson to Dumont portion of Clear Creek. This was below the big pipe that crosses the river.
Karen punching through a typical section above the pipe in the second Cl IV section. We called this section the 'Ledges' section (between Lawson and Dumont). The holes were a good size even at this level.
Karen runs a fun ledge drop somewhere soon after the big pipe crosses the river. This one was typical in height of most of the ledges. We were able to boat scout this one. Many of the others we scouted from shore.
Karen runs the left side of one of the last ledges in the Lawson to Dumont section of Clear Creek. There also was a fun 'creekier' line down the right side.
Morresa runs one last drop before the 'ledges' section ended in the Lawson to Dumont section of Clear Creek. Note that even though I-70 runs right next to the river, it still has pretty views.
Martin runs one of the typical fun long rapids between Dumont and Outer Limits Rapid. This was a scenic section even with I-70 along the left bank.
Karen getting ready to thread the holes in the middle of Outer Limits Rapid, the rapid just before going under the highway and before town. Even at this level, the water was big and big fun.

there is an exelent park and play spot here. cartwheels and big loops are very easy. the water is freezing though you know cause it was snow the day before. it is a perfect hole. beginners to pros would love it. plus there is a lot of time to recover.

Two pretty good loops

This is the Dumont Culvert bridge put-in/take-out. And yes, people run the big culvert. It is a little deceptive. The opening is about 3 ft high, but the culvert opens up just inside the entrance to a more comfortable 'sitting up without bumping your head' height.