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Mountain Sports Kayak School

Mountain Sports Kayak School

Mountain Sports Kayak School is a paddling school in Steamboat Springs. Trips are available on the Yampa River and Pearl Lake State Park.

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Disciplines
Lessons, Kayaking

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Typical flow by month

1910 to 2026

The water at Mountain Sports Kayak School typically runs highest in June, at a median 1,695 cfs, and lowest in January, at 96 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 5,870 cfs, in 1921.

Typical flow by month at Yampa River at Steamboat Springs, CO, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January9679 to 117
February9883 to 118
March140107 to 180
April528368 to 834
May1,6301,100 to 2,180
June1,6951,040 to 2,580
July195134 to 319
August13192 to 169
September9770 to 132
October11587 to 168
November12599 to 152
December10082 to 120

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 116 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Yampa River at Steamboat Springs, CO (site 09239500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

75Go/ 100 conditions scoreBest day: Sun, Sep 27 (85)

Streamflow

67 cfs

Below normal (23rd)

Water level

0.99 ft

Water

59°F

High today

75°F

Wind

11 kt

Gusts 18 kt

Rain chance

24%

Week ahead

Tue75°F24%
Wed70°F17%
Thu70°F52%
Fri70°F45%
Sat73°F6%
Sun76°F13%
Mon68°F50%

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF).

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