Rio Grande

Wagon Wheel Gap to South Fork · Class II–III · CO

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Snapshot from Oct 22, 2026. Live reading loading.

Runnable range 600 to 4,000 cfs. This is a draft estimate that paddlers have not reviewed yet.

Season

May to July

Character

Open valley float with a few rapids.

Watch for

Water runs low by late summer.

Gauge

USGS 08220000
Rio Grande near Del Norte
USGS returned no current reading for this gauge.

Snowpack

Rio Grande headwaters (CO)Early season

Snow water equivalent 2.2 in. Early season — median too low for a meaningful %.

Outlook indicator, not a flow forecast. Spring temperatures, rain, soil moisture, dust on snow and reservoir releases also matter. NRCS SNOTEL data as of Oct 31, 2026 (provisional).

See basin snowpack

Draft details for paddlers to review and edit. Community voting on runnable ranges is coming.

Trip reports

Wavetrain is an early build. Flow readings are USGS provisional data and may be revised. Runnable ranges and run details are drafts for paddlers to review. Permit dates and rules come from the agency pages linked on each permit and can change. Snowpack figures come from NRCS SNOTEL stations, are provisional, and are grouped into basins by watershed, so they may differ from official NRCS basin reports. Nothing here replaces scouting, local knowledge or a conversation with a nearby outfitter.