It's Aliiiiive!

For most of the year, the idyllic waters of the Animas Animas turns into a heaving, surging, icy torrent of fresh River flow lazily downstream, meandering through snowmelt. Nearing the seasonal peak, handfuls of fearless canyons and valleys, boulder gardens and logjams. But, boaters are testing their skills, nerves and luck through the every once in awhile, during especially epic snow years, the whitewater park, with varying results. Here’s a look: