Boulder Creek

Set up shuttle from upper end of Eben G down to Scott Carpenter. Ran it 1up in an inflatable ducky. It's fun and techy but definitely low until Broadway. After Broadway it is basically not runnable. Ended up walking. This was at 157cfs on the 75th gauge.

Fun to the library around 300. 200 on the closer gauge (https://dwr.state.co.us/Tools/StationsLite/BOCBROCO?params=DISCHRG). Ww park is still good fun at this level.

Update to add: Meh at 150. Enough water to make it from the top to the library, but not without a decent number of bumps. Features are shallow enough to prevent a real paddle stroke on most drops/lips.

Was pretty full on in packrafts @ 620 cfs (590cfs on the gauge that's actually in this segment). We had frequent long swims bc the holes are sticky and the eddys are much harder to swim to w the faster current. Normal kayaks seemed fine.

The whitewater park still had enough water in the channel to run in packrafts, but there were definitely the occasional bumps and some  boulder dodging in shallower sections. Drops were fine in packrafts, but better at higher flows. 30 mins per lap from the dam to below eben and back.

UPDATE |

DATE: SATURDAY JUNE 11th 2016. This tree has been removed!
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DATE: THURSDAY JUNE 2nd 2016. WARNING/HAZARD/STRAINER: Downed tree spanning the riverbed between 6th Street and 9th Street bridges. LOCATION: Adjacent to the Evert Pierson Memorial Kids' Fishing Pond. SEE PHOTOS.

UPDATE 06/11/2016 This tree/hazard was removed! | DATE: Thursday June 2nd 2016. WARNING/HAZARD/STRAINER: Downed tree spanning the riverbed between 6th Street and 9th Street bridges. LOCATION: Adjacent to the Evert Pierson Memorial Kids' Fishing Pond, scout from bike path at 1 kilometer/0.6 mile marker.

Looking upstream from the 6th St Bridge near the Judicial center. Brown in Boulder from 9/18/2013

Downtown Boulder from the peds bridge near the homeless hodown around the Library. 9/18/2013