freestone river · trout

Animas River (Durango)

Live conditions for Animas River (Durango): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

1,110cfs→ highnot now

Too high to wade safely at 1110 cfs · -4.3% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp51.4°F

Stage3.51 ft

Clarityslight stain 7.6 FNU

Engine callOFF 1120 cfs outside wade band 200–650

Gauge read 7:30 AM CDT · USGS 09361500. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Animas River (Durango) is a freestone river in Colorado, fished for trout — rainbow, brown. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.

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Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

Baker's Bridge (CR 250)bridge
Trimble Lane Bridgebridge
Oxbow Park & Preserve Boat Rampramp
32nd Street Bridge / Parkwalk in
Animas City Park (29th St / Memorial Park)walk in
Durango Recreation Center Access (2700 Main Ave)walk in
Rotary Park (15th & 2nd Ave)walk in
CPW Fish Hatchery Access (151 E 16th St)walk in

Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.

The briefing

Know before you drive to Animas River.

Every morning OUTFISH reads this gauge, the dam schedule, the water temperature, the sky and the tips library, and writes one plain-language call for the waters you track: go or stay home, wade or float, when to be on the water, where to put in, what to tie on — with directions.

Start free — 7 days of Guide

Signed in: the wade and float bands, the full hatch calendar, safety notes, the 14-day trend, shop reports and today's briefing for this water.

This month

Active in October:

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The full calendar by month, with notes, is on the signed-in river page.

Verify it yourself

The same sources the engine reads, straight from the agency:

USGS gauge ↗

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