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dolores river

4 Porch Notes tagged “dolores river,” from counties across Colorado.

Outdoors and wildfire - Montezuma County

Below McPhee Dam, the Dolores River is a catch-and-release tailwater

The stretch of the Dolores River just below McPhee Dam is a trout tailwater with artificial-flies-and-lures-only, catch-and-release rules, and its flows depend on dam releases.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Dolores County

The Dolores River Canyon is public land with its own rules

Below McPhee Dam the Dolores River cuts a deep canyon on BLM-managed public land that includes a wilderness study area, and how you can use it is set by the agency, not by general access.

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History and culture - Dolores County

Rico Today: A Mining Town That Never Went to Ghost

Rico's refurbished 1880s main street still holds galleries, B&Bs, and a few restaurants, with the upper Dolores River and old mining roads right out the door.

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Water and land - Dolores County

Rafting the lower Dolores River depends on a short, flow-driven season

The whitewater run on the lower Dolores River below McPhee Dam only comes alive when enough water is released, so the boating season can be brief and unpredictable from year to year.

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