Paddleboarder Swept Away and Killed | Search Called Off for Missing Rafter | At Least 8 Deaths in Colorado Runoff A 40-year-old man’s body was recovered Saturday night from the Arkansas River, CO as the result of a paddleboarding accident. Related: 2 Women Died Friday in Separate Incidents on Gunnison River | At Least 5 Now Killed in Colorado Spring Runoff According to Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office, Michael Robert James of Boulder was paddleboarding at the Buena Vista River Park […] SnowBrains | July 1, 2019 0 Comments
Body of Woman Missing in Colorado River for 10-Days Found | 6th Death this Month in Raging Colorado Rivers Ten days after falling into the Rio Grande river in Colorado, authorities have recovered the body of 38-year old Roberta Sophia Rodriguez. Roberta Sophia Rodriguez slipped on a rock and fell into the South Fork of the Rio Grande river near the town of Creede on June 15th. Her fiance tried desperately to save her but lost her in the […] Raft SnowBrains | June 26, 2019 0 Comments
UPDATE: Overdue Hikers Missing Near Upper Escalante River, UT Found UPDATE: 4/09/2019 – Garfield County sheriff’s office says the two missing hikers, a 26-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, were found safe at about 10:45 pm Monday after being reported missing earlier in the day in a remote area near Escalante. Garfield County sheriff’s office public information officer Denise Dastrup says the two reportedly went hiking together in the upper […] SnowBrains | April 10, 2019 0 Comments
Vail-Valley River Runoff Has Peaked Vail-Valley runoff into the Colorado River has peaked. According to the Vail Daily, the Colorado River in Dotsero flow peaked on May 15th at a little more than 3,000 cubic feet per second. This figure is tremendously lower than the 77 year mean of around 5,000 cubic feet per second. It is not the lowest it has been, but it […] Weather Greg Obernesser | May 23, 2018 0 Comments
150-Foot-Long Natural Waterslide in California Looks EPIC | Only Runs 3 Weeks Per Year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7qYXaumOvI Well, this place looks unreal… Where is this spot? Â If we had to guess, it’s in the grand canyon of the Tuolumne in Yosemite National Park, but that’s just a guess. “Deep into the Sierra Nevada mountain range lies a hidden gem of a water slide. This 150 foot long beauty is only possible to slide 3 weeks […] Raft Riverbrains | August 16, 2017 8 Comments
Lake Tahoe Water Levels Wreck Truckee Rafting Operations After a delayed opening due to too much water in the Truckee River, two Tahoe City rafting companies have had to temporarily cease operations due to not enough water. Truckee River Rafting were in to their 9th day of rafting when the Federal Water Master closed Lake Tahoe Dam last Wednesday, July 12th. The level of the lake had dropped […] Raft Steven Agar | July 18, 2017 0 Comments
Snowboarding Stowe’s Melted Snow River Stowe, Vermont’s Mike Toohey and Danger Dave ride a melting river up on Mt. Mansfield in Stowe. — Snowboarder Magazine. From Snowboarder Magazine, these guys hiked up the closed gondola area of Stowe to hit this melted snow river. Spring skiing in Vermont at its finest!!! ameliatraynor | May 5, 2015 0 Comments
Whitewater Rafting, Flyfishing & General Debauchery | Klamath River, CA Trip Report The Klamath River runs from Klamath Falls Oregon down through Northern California with its outlet into the Pacific by Klamath, California. It offers some of the best whitewater on the west coast, along with some good fishing. A few weeks ago I took a lil trip up there with my friends Blake and Ryan, where we met […] Raft Jesse Cassidy | April 15, 2015 0 Comments