Seniors Outdoors! will hold several outdoor activities Monday:
A hike on private property into the canyons adjacent to Mesa Verde National Park will be offered at 8 a.m. Monday. Witness the destruction caused by the East Canyon Fire and the subsequent flooding. Carpool fee is $10. A high-clearance, four-wheel drive, vehicle is necessary. No dogs are allowed, and the hike has a 15-person maximum. RSVP to Steve Krest at skrest@earthlink.net or 588-3806.An intermediate road bicycle ride will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Monday. This will be a social ride from Home Depot to Bread. Riders will meet in the south parking lot at Home Depot. Cyclists will ride to Bread for coffee and pastries, and they will return to Home Depot via the Animas River Trail. Helmets are required. The ride leader is Helen Root, helen@northandroot.com or (505) 320-3441.A traverse of the five most northern 12,000-footers in the La Sal Mountains of Utah will be offered from Monday through Wednesday. On day one, the group will depart Durango in the afternoon and find a car-camping site near one of the trailheads. Day two will feature a climb to La Sal Peak from the north. Attendees can return to Durango that evening or car-camp again. Four-wheel drive/high-clearance vehicles are required. The group size limit is 12, and no dogs are allowed. The carpool is to be determined. Contact John Bregar at 385-1814 or johnbregar09@gmail.com.
A hike on private property into the canyons adjacent to Mesa Verde National Park will be offered at 8 a.m. Monday. Witness the destruction caused by the East Canyon Fire and the subsequent flooding. Carpool fee is $10. A high-clearance, four-wheel drive, vehicle is necessary. No dogs are allowed, and the hike has a 15-person maximum. RSVP to Steve Krest at skrest@earthlink.net or 588-3806.An intermediate road bicycle ride will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Monday. This will be a social ride from Home Depot to Bread. Riders will meet in the south parking lot at Home Depot. Cyclists will ride to Bread for coffee and pastries, and they will return to Home Depot via the Animas River Trail. Helmets are required. The ride leader is Helen Root, helen@northandroot.com or (505) 320-3441.A traverse of the five most northern 12,000-footers in the La Sal Mountains of Utah will be offered from Monday through Wednesday. On day one, the group will depart Durango in the afternoon and find a car-camping site near one of the trailheads. Day two will feature a climb to La Sal Peak from the north. Attendees can return to Durango that evening or car-camp again. Four-wheel drive/high-clearance vehicles are required. The group size limit is 12, and no dogs are allowed. The carpool is to be determined. Contact John Bregar at 385-1814 or johnbregar09@gmail.com.The Bureau of Reclamation anticipates it will begin gradually lowering its release levels from Navajo Reservoir from the peak runoff release rate of 4,200 cubic feet per second to the summer base release rate ranging from 300 to 500 cfs.
This ramp-down period is weather and flow-dependent, and it typically occurs over a 12-day period.
The Bureau of Reclamation requests river users at or near the channel to use extra caution and to protect and remove valuable property in the area. Flows will still be high during the ramp-down, and areas near the channel may be unstable.
For more information, call Susan Behery at 385-6560 or email sbehery@usbr.gov.
Herald Staff
