rafting
Planning for drought has made Colorado whitewater rafting companies ready to weather coronavirus
Adding lodging and land adventures, like ziplines, via ferrata and art classes, has helped outfitters keep their place as outdoor economic engines, even when weather and illness make it tough.
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Father, son die in rafting accident on Arkansas River near Pueblo
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Man, toddler still missing in separate incidents on Colorado’s runoff-swollen rivers
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Colorado boat sales boom as people use rivers to keep adventure flowing during coronavirus
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Front Range kayakers, rafters blast Jefferson County’s extended coronavirus closure of Clear Creek
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Colorado rafting team poised for second attempt at breaking speed record down Grand Canyon
U.S Rafting Team is back with a new raft design and veteran guides in mission to row 277 miles in less than 34 hours.
Fish ladders and boat chutes part of a massive dam rebuild on the Arkansas River
In the process of rebuilding a diversion to get river water to thirsty cities, Colorado Springs and Aurora collaborated with wildlife, environmental and recreational interests for ambitious infrastructure upgrade
MAP: At least 22 people have died on Colorado’s rivers and reservoirs this year amid fierce runoff
The Arkansas River has been the deadliest stretch of water in the state so far, with three deaths
2 women die Friday in Gunnison Basin, bringing Colorado’s spring runoff death toll to at least 5
A Colorado Springs woman, Roberta Sophia Rodriguez, is also missing in the South Fork of the Rio Grande
“You fall in and you are not getting out”: Rio Grande in southern Colorado closed because of high runoff
Police are warning people to stay away from the raging waterway, which last year was a placid stream. San Luis Valley ranchers, meanwhile, are celebrating.
Colorado’s snowpack delivered an epic ski season. Now it’s rafters’ turn — even if they’re a little nervous
Snow that piled up this winter could come rushing down too fast and too fierce for river fun
Changing the way people access the burliest waters in the country: Mancos’ Alpacka Raft crafts “a new way to see the world”
Today, the company’s more than two dozen employees design, cut, weld, glue, test and ship more than 2,600 Alpacka rafts across the world every year
