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Description

North Boulder Creek is manky and easy to blunder into the Class VI rapids. Dream Canyon has additional challenge during portage due to the proximity to Boulder. This vertical alpine gorge produces good climbing within these canyons above the popular Boulder Falls before its entrance into Middle Boulder Creek. . See _Colorado Rivers and Creeks II_, by Banks and Eckardt _(The Bible)_, for info on this and most other runs of Colorado. See Whitewater of the Southern Rockies, by Stafford \| McCutchen The various reaches of Boulder Creek, Jasper Creek (Class V+/VI), The Source (Class V), Upper Boulder Canyon (Class V/V+), Lower Boulder Canyon (Class IV), Boulder Town Run (Class II/III), North Fork Boulder (Class V+/VI), Alto-Alto (Class IV), Upper South Boulder (Class V+/VI), Lower South Boulder (Class IV/V+/VI), Eldorado Canyon (Class V+).