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Colorado
Mad Creek
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What we do know
Inside Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
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No access route mapped
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Why you'll love it
8.3 mi run
Flows year-round
103 cfs avg flow
River facts
- Water
- Flows year-round
- Average flow
- 103 cfs
- Average current
- 1.5 ft/s
- Gradient
- 288.2 ft/mi
- Drainage area
- 40 sq mi
Long-term averages modeled by USGS (NHDPlus HR), not today's conditions. Check a gauge before you go.
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Permits & access
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- Forest Service
About this water
Mad Creek is an 8.3-mile paddling stretch near Steamboat Springs, Colorado. It flows year-round. USGS models an average flow of about 103 cfs and a gradient of about 288.2 feet per mile. Land along it is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
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Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)South Fork Elk River
~18 min drive
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Seedhouse Campground
~21 min drive
A worthwhile stop near Colorado.
Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Muddy Creek
~54 min drive
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South Fork Mad Creek
~7 min drive
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Big Creek
~7 min drive
Big Creek is a 20-mile paddling stretch near Clark, Colorado. It flows year-round. USGS models an average flow of about 78 cfs and a gradient of about 197.9 feet per mile. Land along it is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Soda Creek
~10 min drive
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Deep Creek
~14 min drive
Deep Creek is a 9-mile paddling stretch near Steamboat Springs, Colorado. It flows year-round. USGS models an average flow of about 46 cfs and a gradient of about 24.8 feet per mile.
Willow Creek
~24 min drive
Willow Creek is a 14-mile paddling stretch near Clark, Colorado. It flows year-round. USGS models an average flow of about 100 cfs and a gradient of about 88.5 feet per mile. Land along it is managed by the state fish and wildlife agency.
Chedsey Creek
~27 min drive
Chedsey Creek is a 20-mile paddling stretch near Walden, Colorado. It flows year-round. USGS models an average flow of about 48 cfs and a gradient of about 83.3 feet per mile.
North Fork Elk Creek
~28 min drive
North Fork Elk Creek is a 11-mile paddling stretch near Clark, Colorado. It flows year-round. USGS models an average flow of about 95 cfs and a gradient of about 98.6 feet per mile. Land along it is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
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