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Glacier Creek in Colorado

River6.7 mi
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Around Glacier Creek

Glacier Basin Campground1.7 miEast Portal Reservoir2.7 mi1 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Source: National Park Service. No claim to original U.S. Government works. · Public land: USGS PAD-US · Forest roads: USDA Forest Service MVUM · BLM routes and areas: Bureau of Land Management (simplified for web display)

About this river

Glacier Creek is a 6.7 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge The Loch Outlet - Loch Vale (site 401733105392404). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1983 to 2025

Glacier Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 22 cfs, and lowest in January, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 95 cfs, in 2013.

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Typical flow by month at The Loch Outlet - Loch Vale, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January0.00.0 to 0.2
February0.00.0 to 0.1
March0.40.1 to 0.4
April1.10.4 to 1.1
May6.94.2 to 13
June2217 to 27
July1513 to 20
August9.26.9 to 12
September4.83.4 to 6.3
October2.11.4 to 2.6
November1.10.7 to 1.1
December0.40.3 to 0.4

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 42 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for The Loch Outlet - Loch Vale (site 401733105392404). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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