New wood has fallen across the Roaring Fork 1/2 mile below the Slaughterhouse put-in. It is a large cottonwood, river-wide. This is just above the calm stretch preceeding Slaughterhouse Falls.

I never intended to make public a story of my near death experience on the Animas River last Monday, however the lead River Guide present suggested that I post something that may provide some inspiration to boaters out there. With so many recent stories of deaths on the river maybe a survival...

A large, mature cottonwood tree is blocking nearly the entire channel just below the Specie Creek put-in. It is visible from the put-in, but not real obvious. I don't know whether you can get around it. It will likely take a few days for BLM to get a crew in to deal with it.