Class V Escalante Creek, CO

Escalante Creek is boatable for a short season after snowy winters and tends to run earlier than almost everything else in Colorado. Its is kayak only - very narrow. The run can be split into 2 sections; the upper and the lower gorge.The Upper section of Escalante is about 5 miles long and never steps beyond the class IV+ realm. The Lower Gorge is solid class V to Class V+ depending on flows.

Escalante Canyon includes the Potholes Recreation Area, popular with extreme kayakers in the spring and picnickers in the summer. Restrooms and picnic tables are available for day-use recreation as well.

The Escalante Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) contains sensitive plant species, natural seeps, and several globally-unique plant associations including beautiful hanging gardens of small-flowered columbine and Eastwood’s monkeyflower.

A 15-mile county road offers visitors a trip back to pioneer days through Escalante Canyon’s “Red Hole in Time” (popularized by local author Muriel Marshall. The road provides easy vehicle and viewing access to historic cabins and trails, rock walls with early settler and Native American inscriptions, and spectacular geologic formations.

 

For More Information Visit:

Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area- BLM

Escalante Creek - American Whitewater