freestone river · trout

Boulder Creek (Canyon)

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

Right now

1cfs→ lowcaution

Low and skinny at 1 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water.

Water temp—

Stage9.02 ft

Engine callOFF 1 cfs outside wade band 20–150

Gauge read 8:00 AM CDT · USGS 06730500. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Boulder Creek (Canyon) is a freestone river in Denver, fished for trout — brown, rainbow, brook, cutbow. 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.

troutbrown troutrainbow troutbrook troutcutbow troutWade only

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

Access

Barker Reservoir Dam / Barker Dam Trailheadwalk in
Upper Boulder Canyon Pull-offs (Hwy 119, mile ~40-45)walk in
Boulder Falls Parking Area (Hwy 119)walk in
Mile Marker 35-37 Pulloutswalk in
Fourmile Creek / Orodell Confluence Accesswalk in
Lower Boulder Canyon Pullouts (near Orodell to Canyon mouth)walk in
Boulder Canyon Trail Accesswalk in
Eben G. Fine Parkwalk in

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Boulder Creek.

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

October on Boulder Creek (Canyon): read the water temperature and the generation schedule first; the fly slate follows the day.

Verify it yourself

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

waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-06730200/ ↗

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