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LITTLETON, Colo. (CBS4) - Waterton Canyon remains closed to the public as fast water persists. Denver Water shared video showing how fast the South Platte River is flowing. It is running five ...
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)- Rescue crews pulled a body from the South Platte River in Waterton Canyon on Saturday. Crews with Jefferson County, West Metro Fire Rescue and South Metro Fire ...
And Waterton Canyon was so unique, so close to such a ... U.S. Forest Service to not designate the South Platte a federal “wild and scenic river” (which would have handed control of the ...
“Because the structure runs across the South Platte River, we only have this limited ... For more on why Waterton Canyon is such a great attraction — and why we’ve so often had to close its gates — ...
Waterton Canyon, which is currently closed during the week for construction work, will also be closed to recreation on Oct. 8 and 9. As part of a maintenance project at Strontia Springs Dam, there ...
DOUGLAS COUNTY – Authorities recovered a body from the Platte River in a remote part of Waterton Canyon Saturday evening, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. A witness reported ...
The Strontia Springs Dam is about 6 miles upstream from the mouth of Waterton Canyon on the South Platte River. The area is home to assorted wildlife, including big horn sheep, mule deer ...
LITTLETON, Colo. — Strontia Springs Reservoir, located in Waterton Canyon, in Littleton, is part of the South Platte River Collection System. That means 80 percent of Denver’s drinking water ...
Colorado's Waterton Canyon park has bears, and those bears have a problem: hikers wielding selfie sticks. “We’ve actually seen people using selfie sticks to try and get as close to the bears ...
The storms on Monday, July 31, created massive mudslides that destroyed an access trail and turned the South Platte River into chocolate milk ... of the sedimentation out of the canyon, but the storm ...