The Upper Colorado River has several large dams on its tributaries above the Pumphouse launch. Drift boats work well above 500 cfs and below 3000 cfs while rafts are ideal in low and high water. The end of the float is slower with more braids. The canyon features faster rapids and waves with large boulders and care should be taken while rowing this section. The upper stretch is a mild braided meadow section. The Pumphouse to Radium river stretch provides mostly class 2 water but “Needles Eye” Rapid is class 3 or even a risky 4 water when the river is high (above 3000 cfs). Anglers can get out of the boat to wade fish wherever they want. River right is also almost all public water with exception of some small railroad parcels. Miles of Public Waterĭownstream of Pumphouse, is almost all BLM property along the river for about 4.2 miles to the next river access, Radium Recreation Area. Below Pumphouse, pulling the boat in for overnight camping is allowed and there are a few campsites with picnic tables along the river. Several cement boat launches, toilets, parking lots, designated camping areas and picnic tables are found at the Pump House Recreation Area. The BLM charges a nominal ($5 per day) parking or camping ($10 per day) vehicle fee for use of the developed recreation area. This developed recreation area is maintained along the river by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kremmling field office about twelve miles upstream. To arrive at Pumphouse from Vail, Colorado at Wolcott, head north 12 miles on Highway 131 to State Bridge, turn onto Trough Road and head north 18 miles to Pumphouse access. Travel about ten miles down this dirt road and come to access point marked by a large BLM sign. Pumphouse is located on Trough Road or Grand County 1, to get there from Kremmling, Colorado head south on Highway 9 for one mile, turn west onto Trough Road. The upper stretches of the Colorado River, as it descends from its source in Rocky Mountain National Park, offer some of the states finest float fishing for trout beginning at the Pumphouse Recreation Area. The scenery is spectacular and the fishing incredible. Float fishing on Vail Valley Anglers section of the Upper Colorado River begins immediately below the Class 5 white water of Gore Canyon at the Pumphouse Recreation Area. wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Radium_from_the_bridge.Float fishing the Colorado River between Pumphouse and Radium is one of western Colorado’s most popular floats for good reason.The community is named for the element radium, which was formerly mined in Colorado in the early 20th century. The primary local industry is livestock ranching. The community of Radium consists of a cluster of houses on the north side of a bridge on the Colorado. The mainline of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (now the Union Pacific Railroad) runs past the community, which is accessible by dirt and gravel roads only. The community sits in the mountains along an isolated stretch of Colorado River downstream from Gore Canyon and southwest of Kremmling. Radium, elevation 6,890 feet (2,100 m), is a small rural unincorporated community in southwestern Grand County, Colorado, United States.yago:WikicatUnincorporatedCommunitiesInGrandCounty,Colorado.yago:WikicatUnincorporatedCommunitiesInColorado.dbc:Unincorporated_communities_in_Colorado.dbc:Unincorporated_communities_in_Grand_County,_Colorado.dbr:Denver_and_Rio_Grande_Western_Railroad.wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Radium_from_the_bridge.jpg?width=300.Radium Hot Springs is located on the river bank, a few miles south of Radium, and about 15 miles from Kremmling. ![]() The Radium Recreation Site, part of the Upper Colorado River Special Recreation Management Area managed by the Bureau of Land Management, is on the south bank of the Colorado River across from the community. ![]()
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