Durango, Colorado Rafting on the Animas River http://durangorafting.com Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:54:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 And the Rain keeps coming…. http://durangorafting.com/and-the-rain-keeps-coming http://durangorafting.com/and-the-rain-keeps-coming#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:54:14 +0000 dave http://durangorafting.com/?p=995 More >]]> Monsoon season has struck here in Durango and it’s putting smiles on everyone’s face! Monsoons are important to southwest Colorado for a number of reasons and local residents look forward to their arrival every year.

Monsoons put an end to our driest time of year, they significantly lower our fire danger here in Durango. A second reason we love the short thirty minute rains is simply that they cool town of that hot desert heat we’re dealing with in June and July!

But the most important reason, and our favorite at Mountain Waters Rafting, is that rains adds water to our river. And so BIG WATER continues here in Durango. With another big spike in the water levels today we continue to have a record breaking season on the Animas. Come and join us for a few hours on the water, a little river time is what everyone needs!

]]> http://durangorafting.com/and-the-rain-keeps-coming/feed 0 Still BIG http://durangorafting.com/still-big http://durangorafting.com/still-big#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:55:27 +0000 dave http://durangorafting.com/?p=987 More >]]> The Animas river continues to flow big from Silverton all the way to Durango as we continue through this epic summer of whitewater! With this much water, all of our trips through town are still filled with Class III action and plenty of splash!

Our Piedra River season is over as the water in that particular drainage has run out, but there’s still plenty of class four and five to be had on the Upper Animas. Mountain Waters continues to do weekly one day, two day, or three day trips out of Silverton!

Book with us now and come get some of the BIG WATER!!!

]]> http://durangorafting.com/still-big/feed 0 Learning About the Durango Silverton Train http://durangorafting.com/learning-about-the-durango-silverton-train http://durangorafting.com/learning-about-the-durango-silverton-train#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2011 02:44:49 +0000 Hoover http://durangorafting.com/?p=990 Click here to view the embedded video.

]]> http://durangorafting.com/learning-about-the-durango-silverton-train/feed 0 HEATIN’ UP!!! http://durangorafting.com/heatin-up http://durangorafting.com/heatin-up#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:57:15 +0000 dave http://durangorafting.com/?p=988 More >]]> Temps in Durango have reached the 90′s and the cool mountain water lapping over the boats feels as refreshing as a cold glass of fresh squeezed lemonade! The perfect thing for a hot summer day!

Our River of Lost Souls, the Animas River, continues to flow at an impressive rate, registering at 3,400 cubic feet per second this morning. Quite impressive for late June. The customer sales reps are anxiously awaiting your call, and the boatman simply can’t wait to get you out there for some summer fun!

Daily trips of all sorts continue to go out in Durango, and we’re currently looking for those of you who are up for a high action, high adventure Class five overnight trip in the Animas Canyon!!! We have interested customers on July 2-3 and July 9-10, but we need a few more in order to make it a trip.

BOOK WITH MOUNTAIN WATERS TODAY, and let the fun begin!!!

]]> http://durangorafting.com/heatin-up/feed 0 BIG WATER TIME http://durangorafting.com/big-water-time http://durangorafting.com/big-water-time#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:08:42 +0000 dave http://durangorafting.com/?p=984 More >]]> Check out the videos below, it’s BIG WATER TIME here in Durango. The rivers running brown and the hits out there on the Animas are great! Expect this exciting water level for the next three or four weeks. It’s a great time to book with us, don’t miss out on the fun! Call today!

We’re currently offering trips on all of our rivers, class III-V. Lower Animas town runs are going out hourly!!! The Piedra river continues to tear through the HD mountains at a great water level!!! And we’re currently looking for more guests to come with us on our upcoming July 2-3 Class five Upper Animas trip. Big water class five with a wilderness overnight!!!

Book it up. We’re anxiously awaiting for your call!

]]> http://durangorafting.com/big-water-time/feed 0 Rafting on June 13 2011 http://durangorafting.com/rafting-on-june-13-2011 http://durangorafting.com/rafting-on-june-13-2011#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:14:56 +0000 Hoover http://durangorafting.com/?p=981 Click here to view the embedded video.

]]> http://durangorafting.com/rafting-on-june-13-2011/feed 0 Rafting On The Lower Animas Video http://durangorafting.com/rafting-on-the-lower-animas-video http://durangorafting.com/rafting-on-the-lower-animas-video#comments Sat, 11 Jun 2011 02:48:19 +0000 Hoover http://durangorafting.com/?p=978 Click here to view the embedded video.

]]> http://durangorafting.com/rafting-on-the-lower-animas-video/feed 0 It’s Animas Time! http://durangorafting.com/its-animas-time http://durangorafting.com/its-animas-time#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:17:19 +0000 dave http://durangorafting.com/?p=969 The Animas River is cranking and so is Mountain Waters. Looks like it’s going to be a great season of rafting – come on out and float with us!

]]> http://durangorafting.com/its-animas-time/feed 0 Gearing Up http://durangorafting.com/gearing-up http://durangorafting.com/gearing-up#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:41:15 +0000 dave http://durangorafting.com/?p=962 More >]]> It’s that time of year again in Durango! The snow in town has come and gone, and now we wait for those warm spring temperatures to reach high into the San Juans and start melting the Animas River watershed. Over the past week and a half, we’ve seen temps in the mid-70′s and for the first time in 2011 the water in our river has gone from a clear trickle to a muddy brown stream, signifying the first signs of snow melt.

Mountain Waters plans to kick off it’s season on the seventh of May with our guide school. These future professional boatmen will be put through a tough week worth of work, learning all principals of river safety, navigation, and etiquette. At the end of the week, we’ll head up to Silverton for this years first Upper Animas descent. We’ll spend three days in the Animas River canyon setting up our wilderness camp and teaching our students the proper execution of overnight wilderness river trips.

Give us a call and book your trip today. It all depends on the weather when you’re running rivers, but the signs indicate that we should be boating in town by mid-May! Keep an eye on our website, we’ll be sure to keep you updated about the upcoming season! We look forward to seeing you!

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Doesn’t this look nice? Maybe you should check it out with Mountain Waters Rafting.

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