Yampa Canyon

Deerlodge Park to Split Mountain · Class III · CO and UT

Lottery

346Oct 22 snapshot

Low

Snapshot from Oct 22, 2026. Live reading loading.

Runnable range 500 to 10,000 cfs. This is a draft estimate that paddlers have not reviewed yet.

Season

High-use season: second Monday of May to second Saturday of July

Character

Multi-day wilderness trip through Dinosaur National Monument.

Watch for

Remote. Plan for the full trip and carry what you need.

Gauge

USGS 09260050
Yampa River at Deerlodge Park
346 cfs at 6:15 PM MT on Oct 22, 2026 (snapshot)

Permit

LotteryOpens Dec 1, in 29 days.

Apply Dec 1 to Jan 31 on Recreation.gov. Results by mid-February.

Apply on Recreation.gov Official page

Fees and rules

$15 application. $185 multiday permit. $20 one-day permit.

One high-use application per person, and applicants must be 18 or older. Green River high-use season runs from the second Monday of May to the second Friday of September. Yampa high-use season runs from the second Monday of May to the second Saturday of July.

Source: NPS page, last updated March 2025.

Snowpack

Yampa–WhiteEarly season

Snow water equivalent 0.2 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.