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    Dozens of rafters and rafting companies get ready to launch their rafts at Fisherman's Bridge launch site where rafters will groups will head into Browns Canyon on the Arkansas River on July 24, 2022 near Salida, Colorado. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

    8 of Colorado’s best whitewater rafting stretches

    By Morgan Tilton
    June 8, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.
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    Dylan Dems, a rafting guide for Rocky Mountain Adventures, takes a group down a whitewater section of the Poudre Canyon. Rocky Mountain Adventures will begin running trips on May 10. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

    Despite snowpack concerns, Colorado rafting industry expects plenty of water to ride

    By John Meyer
    May 1, 2025 at 12:52 p.m.
    Conditions in far southern Colorado are grim, but there should be enough water to keep...
    Arkansas River close to downtown on July 24, 2022 in Salida, Colorado. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

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    By Katie Langford
    July 15, 2024 at 5:46 p.m.
    A man died while tubing the Arkansas River in Fremont County on Saturday, according to...
    A kayaker paddles on Chatfield Reservoir as Colorado Parks and Wildlife park ranger Tyler Hall looks to see if they’re wearing a life jacket in Chatfield State Park on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

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    By Ryan Spencer
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    Matt Clemente of New Castle sits with his wife, Raven, and three children. Matt Clemente was killed Saturday, June 22, 2024, in an accident during a family rafting trip on the Colorado River. (GoFundMe/Courtesy)

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    By The Post Independent
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    GOLDEN, CO - APRIL 17:  Laura Hammock holds the hand of her granddaughter Siobhan Hammock, 3, as the two search for fish alongside Clear Creek on April 17, 2023 in Golden, Colorado.  The younger Hammock bemoaned the fact that the two didnÕt find any fish and that she didnÕt get to listen to any music by Shakira while seaching for them. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

    Clear Creek restrictions go into effect due to high water

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    June 5, 2024 at 9:57 a.m.
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    River rafting season has begun. Outfitters on the Arkansas have been operating for a couple of weeks, and Rocky Mountain Adventures will begin running the Cache La Poudre this weekend. (Provided by Rocky Mountain Adventures)

    Rafting season is here and the whitewater forecast for northern Colorado looks good

    By John Meyer
    May 10, 2024 at 3:30 p.m.
    Rafting has already begun on the Arkansas and is about to begin in northern Colorado.
    River Runners raft guides from left to right, Quinn Bailey, Austin Lane, Kelsey Pfendler and Dominic Urso prepare a guided group trip down the Arkansas River in Buena Vista Aug. 10, 2023. Pfendler and three other women on team Hericane Rowing are training to row across the Pacific Ocean next year in the World's Toughest Row, attempting to beat the women’s record of 34 days. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

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    Rafters on a commercial raft trip make their way down the Arkansas River in 2020 outside of Buena Vista. (RJ Sangosti, Denver Post file)

    Extra water will ensure good rafting on Colorado’s busiest river through Labor Day weekend

    By John Meyer
    August 18, 2023 at 7:00 a.m.
    An already excellent year for rafting conditions on the Arkansas River is receiving a boost...
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