South Platte near Chatfield

[schgred]

Where exactly is the put-in? All I've seen on this is off of C-470 west of Sante Fe.

[RC]

A little ways west of Santa Fe, on the north side (westbound) of C-470, is the turn-off for the put-in. I can't remember if it is even marked. It you get to the Platte Canyon exit you have gone too far. After you exit C-470, a dirt road will take you back towards the Platte River and there is plenty of parking and a launch area.

[cayo]

Possumturd,
Nothing before Union is any harder than the drops from Confluence to Trestle,unless it's real high they are 3- at best ,a lot of people would say class 2,nothing technical.
Is that Ernest T. Bass or a guy from Deliverence?Nice name ,by the way.

[yetigonecrazy]

Originally Posted by cayo

ps ...extra credit,if you boat the part around Hampden you can carry up BEAR Crk. acouple hundred yards ,putin below a lowhead dam and run a short class3 creeky section with rock dodging and branches in your face ,a sort of jr. Lefthand CRK., it only lasts about 100 yds. then dies abruptly at the deadest water in the state.You can run Bear crk. above 175 cfs. from Sheridan to confluence,there are 3 or 4 3- drops then a flat section with a lot of strainers then the dam and creeky part.This run also has the dubious distintion of being able to put in and take out at MC DONALDS.

why stop at sheridan? i put in near wadsworth on the greenway there last spring and ran past sheridan, it all goes, 2+ maybe...

[possumturd]

Originally Posted by cayo

Possumturd,
Nothing before Union is any harder than the drops from Confluence to Trestle,unless it's real high they are 3- at best ,a lot of people would say class 2,nothing technical.
Is that Ernest T. Bass or a guy from Deliverence?Nice name ,by the way.

Thanks,

Yeah the picture is the tootless guy from Deliverance:
"Shore gotta purty mouth" was about all he said in the movie.

I blew the user name. I should have gone with Ernst T's version:

"Postum"