freestone river · trout

Colorado River (Kremmling)

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

Right now

95cfs→ lowcaution

Low and skinny at 95 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water · +2% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp43.7°F

Stage3.64 ft

Engine callOFF 95 cfs outside wade band 400–1500

Gauge read 7:45 AM CDT · USGS 09034250. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Colorado River (Kremmling) is a freestone river in Colorado, fished for trout — brown, rainbow, brook, cutthroat. 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

Sunset Fishing Access (Boat Ramp)ramp
Sunset Fishing Accesswalk in
Powers Fishing Accesswalk in
Reeder Creek Fishing Accesswalk in
Barger Gulch Fishing Accesswalk in
Highway 9 Fishing Accesswalk in
Confluence River Accessramp
Pumphouse Recreation Arearamp

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Colorado 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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