Don scouting while portaging Poudre Falls on the Spencer Heights Section Don and I spent the weekend paddling the Poudre River, and I’ll bet you can guess that Poudre jokes abounded! The river is actually named the Cache La Poudre, meaning “hiding place of the powder” in French. The name comes from the 1820s when […]
Archive | June, 2010
More Colorado Fun–Vallecito, Oh Be Joyful, and FIBark!
This past week in Colorado has been packed with good friends, good boating, and good Hooligans. I’m about to inundate you with videos so I hope you are viewing from a fast connection so you can enjoy all of Don’s recent handy work. We’ve had a great tour around Durango, Crested Butte, Buena Vista and […]
Animas River Days, Durango, CO
Don Beveridge styling the line at Fuzzy Bunny on Vallecito Creek–Durango, CO Last weekend we hit up the Animas River Days down in Durango, CO. We drove over from Glenwood Springs Saturday morning and paddled the Upper Animas “on our way” to Durango. We had a wicked head wind, rain, hail, sleet, and even a […]
Puntledge River Festival Vancouver Island
The Puntledge River festival is a sweet event put on by the Vancouver Island Whitewater Paddling Society. They have worked with BC Hydro to release water in the 65-110 Cubic Meters per Second range for the festival (for those of us using cfs, multiple the cms by 35 and you’ll have a pretty good idea […]