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Tubing the St. Vrain
The town’s summer sport: a float from the Apple Valley Road bridge through the whitewater park when the gauge reads between about 40 and 300 cfs, usually July and August. The Town closes tubing above 450 cfs.
Three free put-ins. The Apple Valley Road bridge on US 36 just west of town gives the long float through the canyon meadows to LaVern M. Johnson Park; the park itself is the short run through the whitewater features; a longer float continues under Main Street. The state gauge below the confluence (station SVCLYOCO) decides the day: under 40 cfs is too shallow, 40 to 100 is mellow, 100 to 300 is prime, and 300 to 450 is fast water for confident adults. Above 450 cfs the Town does not allow tubing at all: it flies flags at the park, green for go, yellow for caution, red for no tubing and double red for stay out of the water. May and June runoff is high and cold. Children twelve and under must wear a life jacket; tubes and jackets rent in town in summer.
At a glance tubing · river · summer · families
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