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What’s In a Name
A History of the Cache La Poudre River by Morgan Mayo Juniper and silver sage cascading down long red riverbanks. The shadow of spruce trees falling across dark water, flowing over lichen covered boulders, disappearing over drops and around bends in a tumult of white. Craggy grey canyon walls against a pale blue sky, all…
COVID-19 Announcement
Update June 9, 2020 We have always prided ourselves in the cleaning of our gear. Since opening in 2001, we have sanitized the gear daily, and we are taking additional measures to help with COVID-19 and protect you and our employees this season. Along with sanitizing PFDs, helmets, and wetsuits, we have also started sanitizing…
El Nino brings snow
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2015 Projected Flow for Poudre River Above Average
As of March 1, 2015 the Cache La Poudre River spring and summer flow is forecast to be at levels around 103% of average flows. This is according to the Colorado Water Supply Outlook Report issued by the US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS). NRCS issues a monthly report from January to…