Nils Blegen of Durango pops up out of the Animas River while playing in Smelter Rapid on Tuesday at the Durango Whitewater Park. The river reached a peak of 1,820 cubic feet per second Tuesday. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

Boaters fill the Durango Whitewater Park on Tuesday, with the Animas River flow at about 1,800 cubic feet per second. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)