Many years ago, when the children were but munchkins, we ran the Dolores for the first time. Being as parenting has taken a more intense role in our life we elected to run the bottom and avoid Snaggletooth rapid this time around. While it pained us all that we couldn’t run from top to bottom, …
From the headwaters near Pagosa Springs it cuts its way through limestone and sandstone until it reaches the leftover sludge of Lake Powell. Boasting one of the largest gradients of any river in the United States (8ft/mile), it was this velocity and erosive power that helped the San Juan River carve one of the most …