Poudre River

Just about 10 miles west of Fort Collins, Picnic Rock is one of the first areas where you can stop and play for free in Poudre Canyon.

An unidentified woman was rescued from the Poudre River yesterday just after noon about ¼ mile east of Overland Trail and the Poudre River in northwest Fort Collins.

Poudre Fire Authority is refuting a story that was published by a Denver metro-area news outlet on June 18, 2014. PFA claims that the story contains misinformation and mischaracterizes the events that took place during a recent incident on the Poudre River that left two people dead.

About two weeks ago the City of Fort Collins prohibited the operation of any single-chambered, air-inflated devices on the Poudre within Fort Collins city limits due to dangerous conditions on the river. Although the river is still "dangerous," the ban has been lifted.

UPDATE: The 25-year-old female rafter pulled from the Cache la Poudre River in the Poudre Canyon this afternoon was pronounced dead at the hospital.The identity of the woman and the manner of her death are being withheld until the family can be notified. The names, ages and hometowns of her companions were not available.

Just days after the Poudre River opened for recreational activities, it has already been shutdown to some of those activities because of above average runoff and extreme danger.

Lots of rain has saturated the ground again around our local rivers closing roads and much of the bike/walking trail system. Please remain cautious.

With the weather turning nice many will be hitting the bike trails but be aware that some are still closed due to flooding and construction.

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Summer is almost over, but that doesn't mean we have to hunker down inside just yet. It also doesn't mean that you have to go spend a bunch of money, or any money at all doing something fun. A short drive up the Poudre Canyon with the inner tube of a tire makes for a few hours of free fun in the sun.

A mudslide has closed part of Poudre Canyon in Larimer County this morning.

The staff at Townsquare Media recently took a rafting trip up the Poudre River! Good Morning Guy Todd Harding was on that trip and his journey was a little more eventful than he would have liked. He actually fell in the river, but with the help of fellow employees Paul Wozniak (Tri 102.5) and Derrek Brown (99.9 The Point), he bounced back into the raft. We have photographic evidence of the incid