Tag: Arkansas River
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Arkansas River rafting season begins early in Colorado as rapid snowmelt boosts spring flows
With snowmelt accelerating the start of the 2026 rafting season, Arkansas River outfitters are rolling out early trips and a new marketing campaign to draw visitors to what has become one of Colorado’s top whitewater destinations. Most rafters won’t start trips until early May, but some have already started hosting limited trips due to water…
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Colorado’s whitewater rafters gear for early snowmelt — and a potentially shorter season
Ahead of Colorado’s whitewater season, the Clear Creek Rafting Co. bought about a dozen new Gumotex rafts designed to swim through shallower water. It’s narrower, has smaller tubes and is built to withstand rockier terrain, said Dale Drake, owner of Clear Creek Rafting Co. in Idaho Springs. Clear Creek — the body of water that…
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‘The heart of Pueblo:’ A mural grows again along the Arkansas River
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One morning this spring, as dawn broke over the mountains in southern Colorado, Valrie Eisemann loaded her truck with paint and climbing gear and drove about 65 miles to her canvas: a concrete wall angling high above the Arkansas River. She arrived at her place…
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44-year-old identified in drowning at Lake Pueblo State Park
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The man who died in an apparent drowning at Lake Pueblo State Park Saturday was identified by the Pueblo County Coroner’s Office as a 44-year-old Centennial resident. Daniel Strawn was swimming at Rock Creek Cove at the lake and died in an apparent drowning around…
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Colorado’s record number of water-related deaths so far this year
As Colorado swelters, people naturally take to the water. But this year is on track for a record number of drownings in the state’s lakes, rivers and reservoirs. A man who fell off of his inner tube and drowned while on the Arkansas River last weekend became Colorado’s 25th water-related death this season, which is…
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Reclamation Commissioner Touton outlines efforts to safeguard Colorado River basin
The near-term threats to the Colorado River Basin have been fended off, and the system has been stabilized to protect water deliveries, the ecosystem, and power production, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton said last week. Speaking at the 2024 Conference on the Colorado River at the University of Colorado Boulder law school,…
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What a rush: 4 bucket list whitewater rafting trips in Colorado
Whitewater runners hope always for years like last year, when unusually gracious snowpack melted to swell Colorado’s rivers. It meant days on the Dolores River, which only rarely rises through the remote, desert canyon of the southwest. The Dolores is but one river on this state’s bucket list. Gunnison Gorge: The late, prolific landscape photographer…
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Stand-up paddleboarding spots for starting, training and sightseeing around Colorado
Stand-up paddleboarding, affectionately shortened to SUP, is the latest craze in Colorado’s water recreation scene. If you’re curious as to why, we’ve got some ideal starting spots in mind. Before you go, make sure you’re up to speed on rules, regulations and fees that vary across jurisdictions. Bear Creek Lake Park: While many Denverites take…
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife rangers win national life-saving and valor awards
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife ranger Jeffrey Hammond didn’t hesitate to jump in the freezing cold Arkansas River to save a woman injured when her car ended up in the water off of U.S. Highway 50 in Bighorn Canyon in January 2023. Donning his swift-water rescue suit, Hammond swam across the river and extricated the driver,…
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Colorado Supreme Court shuts door on man’s challenge to private riverbed ownership
The decision leaves in place the status quo on private ownership of river and stream beds in Colorado, which experts have called an outlier among western states