Water in the Dolores River is yet another good consequence of our big snow year in the San Juans. They are releasing 800 from McPhee at the moment and it will ramp up to 3000 over the next month and a half (allegedly). We checked out the upper section over a chilly weekend in early April. We managed the 47 mile section pretty easily over the weekend. The river moves pretty quickly even though there is alot of flatwater- like alot of flatwater. Basically there is one rapid. I definitely questioned my decision to cram my feet into a playboat for 47 miles for one rapid and a couple surf waves. Actually, you are probably better off just sitting on a raft and enjoying the scenery.
Scenery:
More scenery (did I mention that there are not alot of rapids).
Snaglepuss! Our raft ran a nice line, which was good because it was a bit nippy for a pinned raft extraction.
Link to cool Snaglepuss video:
http://www.vimeo.com/884462
