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Photos: Getting in the flow

There were heavy rains Friday in the mountains up the water in the Animas River

Jerry McBride

Herald Photo Editor

Saturday, Jun 29, 2024 12:00 PM MT

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A canoeist makes his way down the Animas River that is flowing at 1,950 cubic feet per second on Friday afternoon after peaking earlier in the day at 2,250 cfs thanks to heavy rains that fell in the mountains. Before the rains, the river was flowing at 1,220 cfs. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
A canoeist makes his way down the Animas River that is flowing at 1,950 cubic feet per second on Friday afternoon after peaking earlier in the day at 2,250 cfs thanks to heavy rains that fell in the mountains. Before the rains, the river was flowing at 1,220 cfs. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
Boaters make their way down the Animas River, which was flowing at 1,950 cubic feet per second on Friday afternoon after peaking earlier in the day at 2,250 cfs thanks to heavy rains that fell in the mountains. Before the rains, the river was flowing at 1,220 cfs. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Boaters make their way down the Animas River, which was flowing at 1,950 cubic feet per second on Friday afternoon after peaking earlier in the day at 2,250 cfs thanks to heavy rains that fell in the mountains. Before the rains, the river was flowing at 1,220 cfs. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
A canoeist makes his way down the Animas River that is flowing at 1,950 cubic feet per second on Friday afternoon after peaking earlier in the day at 2,250 cfs thanks to heavy rains that fell in the mountains. Before the rains, the river was flowing at 1,220 cfs. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
A canoeist makes his way down the Animas River that is flowing at 1,950 cubic feet per second on Friday afternoon after peaking earlier in the day at 2,250 cfs thanks to heavy rains that fell in the mountains. Before the rains, the river was flowing at 1,220 cfs. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
Boaters make their way down the Animas River flowing at 1,950 cubic feet per second on Friday afternoon after peaking earlier in the day at 2,250 cfs thanks to heavy rains that fell in the mountains. Before the rains, the river was flowing at 1,220 cfs. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Boaters make their way down the Animas River flowing at 1,950 cubic feet per second on Friday afternoon after peaking earlier in the day at 2,250 cfs thanks to heavy rains that fell in the mountains. Before the rains, the river was flowing at 1,220 cfs. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride

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