Rafting
On The Cache La Poudre River! |
Enjoy
a rafting trip with A Wanderlust Adventure on the Cache La Poudre River,
Colorado's only National Wild and Scenic River. Federal legislators designated
the Poudre River a Wild and Scenic river in 1986, a title given to the
nation's most pristine waterways. Rafting on the Poudre offers a unique
experience because the river is protected and there are regulations on
commercial use. Less crowds provide a more enjoyable wilderness rafting
adventure on the Poudre River. The Poudre begins high in the peaks of
Rocky Mountain National Park along the Continental Divide. Flowing north
and east it careens and tumbles down the slopes of the Poudre Canyon until
it reaches the town of Fort Collins.
Historians don't really know how the Poudre River was named but legends
tell of a group of French trappers of the American Fur Company traveling
through the area in the fall of 1836. They camped on the banks of the
Poudre River near the present day town of Laporte. During the night a
severe early snowstorm blew through the area and the wagon train was stuck
for over a week. The snow was deep and the wagons could not move
with the heavy loads of gun powder and supplies they were carrying. The
trappers lightened their loads by burying the gun powder and supplies.
They called this spot Cache La Poudre, "the hiding place of the powder."
The Poudre River eventually took on this name.
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