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poudre canyon

4 Porch Notes tagged “poudre canyon,” from counties across Colorado.

History and culture - Larimer County

The Cameron Peak Fire still shapes the land west of Fort Collins

The 2020 Cameron Peak Fire burned a large stretch of Larimer County's high country, and its burn scar continues to affect flooding, roads, and recreation years later.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Larimer County

The Cache la Poudre is a federally designated Wild and Scenic River

The Cache la Poudre River, which runs out of the mountains through Larimer County and Fort Collins, carries a national Wild and Scenic River designation that shapes how the canyon is managed.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Larimer County

The Poudre is a National Heritage Area you can raft through

The Cache la Poudre corridor above Fort Collins is a 45-mile national heritage area honoring Western water law, and summer snowmelt turns the same canyon into the Front Range's go-to whitewater run.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Larimer County

Dispersed camping up the Poudre is not camp-anywhere

Free dispersed camping is allowed on much of the national forest along the Poudre, but the Canyon Lakes Ranger District sets real limits on how close to roads, water, and busy areas you can camp.

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