Spot report
🇺🇸Upper Animas, Colorado
updated 05:00 local · open-meteo
🌀 Whitewater· continuous class IV-V alpine river · base: Silverton
Twenty-six miles of continuous class IV-V from Silverton with railroad take-out, the Rockies' classic multi-day expert run.
Heads up · 9,000 ft altitude, cold water, train-only egress
Wind
6 km/h
gusts 11 · from NE
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
wet
wet — 0.9 mm, ease off
Daylight
07:18 → 18:34
3 °C air · 0.9 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🏄
SUP
RIDEABLEglassy — 6 km/h, prime
Best windows this week
- Thu 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 6 km/h, prime · 12 h
- Fri 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 6 km/h, prime · 12 h
- Sat 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
glassy — 5 km/h, prime · 12 h
This week
Today
25 km/h
-3–4 °C · 32 mm · 2 cm snow
🌀Whitewater
Thu
14 km/h
-3–8 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Fri
11 km/h
-7–8 °C
🏄SUP
Sat
9 km/h
-5–10 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Sun
6 km/h
-1–9 °C
🏄SUP
Mon
6 km/h
0–11 °C
🏄SUP
Tue
9 km/h
0–11 °C
🏄SUP
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 3 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 3 °C → softshell over a mid-layer
- Daylight 07:18–18:34 → golden hour from 17:34
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