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INIA TWICHELL, CITY EDITOR, 303.892.5201, E -MAIL: METRO @R,OCKYMOUNTAINNEWS.COM <br />, .River ' n-ne <br />,,.. evel . "in ru . <br />er in the.high country. to flow at 123 percent of average before work Friday at the Union <br />Paddlers Set t0 g0 Snowpacki m the mountains through July, and the San Juan Chutes on the South Platte Riv- <br />• feeding the Dolores River is 148 River near Pagosa Springs is ex- erunder Union Avenue. <br />with ow as deep percent of average. Snowpack in pected to flow at 152 percent, ex- <br />r the Rio Grande drainage is 162 tending the prime river sports Commercial raft Munn <br />snowpack melts percent of`average — the high- seasonbyweeks: Above-average snowpack state- <br />est readings in 10 years for each Paddlers are ready to go with widethroughthewinteris expect- <br />river. the flow. Businesses are count- ed to translate into high runoff, <br />ByJce Garner "Rivers in the southern part of ing on more customers, but safe -, much to the delight of paddlers <br />and Gary Gerhardt the state will have the best flows ty officials also know that higher who are eagerly waiting for snow , <br />ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS in many years," • said Mike flows typically bring more acci to stop in the high country so <br />Gillespie, snow survey supervi- dents. they can jump into their kayaks, <br />sor with the Natural Resources "Statewide, it looks pretty raftsandcanoes. <br />River rats cant wait. Conservation Service. "In the good, but, in southwest Colo- "I've been kayaking here five <br />Southern Colorado rivers are rest of the state, runoffs will be rado, it's going to be really, real- days a week for the . past two. <br />ready to boil when runoff begins variable. ly good," said Coleman Eich, 22, <br />after a.few days of warm weath= The Dolores River is expected of Denver, who went kayaking Flip to RIVER on 8A . <br />