Westwater

We ran Ruby/Horsethief then Westwater canyon this past weekend. It was HOT! The river was super muddy and thick with silt. All of our stuff got so dirty and stained with mud. We ran the Ruby section with some folks from Ridgway, then met Mark/Maria for Westwater. Piper ran it in her ducky! She did awesome, had a couple of swims, but made most of the big rapids including Funnel Falls and Skull!

 

 

                                      

 

Heading into Westwater Canyon

 

Muddy Rapids

 

At Lower Little 'D' Camp

 

Camp Friend

Glenwood Springs

We rallied over to Glenwood Springs this weekend. Wendy took my car in for service on Friday and Piper and I met her at the camp in Glenwood Friday night. We stayed at the "Hideout Camp". It was a great spot, peaceful and close to town. The Roaring Fork was running about 1500 cfs and we wanted to run Cemetery down to South Canyon. It was an awesome day. Beautiful weather, good flow, and everyone had a great time! The highlight of the day was Piper running South Canyon rapid at 3400 cfs and nailing it! She had a great run.

A couple of shots from the Cemetery section

 

South Canyon Rapid (class III) on the Colorado

 

 

Camping at "Hideout Camp"

 

 

Durango Town Run

Finally made it down to run the Animas through Durango. Kenedy had the day off from work and met us for Father's Day. We had a blast on the river. The water was a little low, but still fun and great weather! Afterwards we met Jordan at 'Home Slice' for lunch. It was a really fun day.

 

 

 

Dolores

Went down to see Rex, Wendy, Mom & Dad over Memorial Day weekend. Hung out up at Rex's new property and ran part of the Upper Dolores. Cool section of river. We need to go back and run from Stoner bridge down...

 

 

The Barn

 

 

Cooking burgers on a 'burn barrel'

 

 

 

Heading to Rex's secret bouldering spot

 

 

 

 

 

Westwater

Got on a Westwater trip early this year with Ian and crew, plus Andy & Eric from Ridgway. It was running around 3,200. Pretty easy level, but good practice for me in the new 'big' boat! Good clean fun!

Jason in Skull

 

 Andy making it look easy

Montrose Track Meet

Piper had a big track meet on Saturday at Montrose HS. She competed in 100m, 200m, 400m and long jump. Fun to watch! Her results were impressive: 4th for long jump, 3rd for 200m, and 2nd for 400m. Each event had about 25 kids from many different middle schools.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anvil Mtn

Skiied Anvil Mtn last Saturday with Ian. Skinned up the main gully with what seemed like pretty marginal snow. Once we got closer, it opened up with some nice spring skiing!

Heading for the Ridge

 

 Jason working it

 

Ian blowing smoke

 

 The Damage