My First Overnight On The Dolores River
Since my move to Colorado to further pursue mountain bike racing I have been on hundreds of bike rides through these gorgeous Colorado mountains. However, my pursuit of conquering Colorado rivers just started sparking my interest when I moved to Salida, CO a few years ago. After several SUP runs and day raft trips I started feeling more comfortable on the river. I really started to fit into the rafting dominated community. However, I was missing a huge part of being a river savvy individual as I had never experienced an overnight trip! Luckily on a trip to visit friends in Telluride we heard that the Dolores River was finally running. Not knowing much about the history of rivers, I learned that the Dolores has not run in a while and it would be a real treat to do an…
April 20, 2017