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Anyone familiar with the whitewater rafting community and culture knows it’s the people — the guides themselves — who can make a trip a special memory for a family, group of friends or strangers riding...

Stories in this list received the most page views on SummitDaily.com in the past week. 1. What current snowpack levels could mean for summer rafting in Summit County As the height of ski season gradually...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify information about refilling the Goose Pasture Tarn. The Blue River is back with an above average flow. On July 1, the Blue River below Dillon was...

For Colorado rafting enthusiasts who prefer Summit County’s Blue River the current season could be a bust, Kevin Foley, owner of Performance Tours Rafting said last week.

Photo from Performance Tours Rafting Performance Tours Rafting owner Kevin Foley said Tuesday, June 1, that there’s a 10% chance there will be commercially raftable flows on the Blue River north of Silverthorne later this month. Foley said that estimate is based on recent conversations he’s had with the Denver Water board, which manages the water in Dillon Reservoir. Foley said commercial rafting operations like Performance Tours only send out guided trips if river flows are a minimum of 50...

Mountain Angler owner Jackson Streit was preparing for the worst in April and May 2020. Weeks into the onset of the pandemic, Streit had seen the Breckenridge he’d known and loved for decades shut down....

Photo from Lauren Swanson / Performance Tours Rafting Local commercial rafting companies remain unsure if or for how long they’ll be able to guide trips this summer down the traditional 6-mile portion of the Blue River north of Silverthorne. Kevin Foley, president of Performance Tours Rafting, said Friday, May 14, that recent reports he has received from Denver Water indicate the organization is likely to prioritize filling the Dillon Reservoir. “What we are being told is, right now, the re...