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Anyone ever do this in Colorado? I'm interested in planning a trip in the next few years for elk. Example would be Animas river and peel off into the high country (I know there's a train there too).
Anyone ever do this in Colorado? I'm interested in planning a trip in the next few years for elk. Example would be Animas river and peel off into the high country (I know there's a train there too).
if they do it on youtube it must be cool, i mean you cant find elk unless theyre 10 miles in and up on a scree slide at 12,000 ftYou’ve been watching those Gritty bear videos huh?
Looks cool but to me it seems like a significant amount of extra logistics for little extra gain.
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I will second poser on this one.The upper Animas is not raftable in the Fall. The water is way too low in way too many places -your ass would get chewed up by rocks. Also, there’s no way out downstream without negotiating one of the longest sections of wild, 5th class river in North America and having to do a mandatory rappel with your raft to get around an incredibly massive, permanent log jam. Rafters either take out on the train at Tacoma station or trespass (which the RR hates, BTW and at a minimum you need to know the timing of the trains and if there are work trains out because it’s over the “Highline” section which is blasted out and there’s not room in some spots for a person to stand and the train to pass) on the tracks to Rockwood.
I will second poser on this one.
I have been a safety boater up the animas for more than 10 years. There will be no water. It would be more than the worst experience you could imagine. Not sugar coating anything, just the truth.
I also have hunted archery off the train in elk creek bc I had a free train ticket. I hauled coolers and everything to the train stop, hiked up to tree line, and tried to hunt only to realize elk creek is on the colorado trail. Crazy amounts of traffic and no elk for 10 days. If it isn’t hunting competition, it’s hikers or peak baggers. The outfitter who used to hunt that compartment has totally pulled out roughly 8 years ago. The San Juan’s are just screwed nowadays. Hunting quality has suffered immensely.
Also beware, Archery draw Tags did nothing to curb our Issues either. If you look at previous years otc hunter participants before this years new allocation You will see that they issued as many tags for archery as participants before. The only difference is that the tags are species specific. So, has anything changed? It’s gonna be just as crowded as always, go pick up a unit specific tag if you want one. Plenty Will be leftover after the second draw.
The Salmon River through the Frank ChurchGood info guys thanks, any other river besides the Animas that would be a viable option?