South Platte

I ran this today, 3/13/2022 at around ~250cfs on a SUP and it was fun. Once you get used to the effluent smell, it is not so bad. For the first dam, I portaged around it on river right (east side). There is a little road/walkway with a bench to make traveling around easy. I portaged the second dam on river left. I moved quickly portaging the second dam because I wasn't sure if it was private property or not, lots of cow pies made me think it was private property so tread lightly. It is an easy portage though. Other than that, the strainers are easily avoidable and currently there are very few hazards. I took out at the baseball fields in Ft. Lupton, there is a cement walkway to walk to your car around the fields. Besides the industrial areas, there was a lot of wildlife viewing and pretty cottonwoods along the river.