Warm Springs Rapid

Warm Springs Rapid is the defining challenge of Yampa Canyon and one of the most flow-sensitive and consequential rapids in the entire Colorado Plateau river system. The rapid was created by a 1965 rockslide from Warm Springs Draw that deposited massive debris across the Yampa's channel, fundamentally altering the river's character at this point. At high flows it is among the most powerful rapids anywhere in the region.