The Junc of the Unc homemade boat race returns to this year's Ridgway RiverFest, which is Saturday at Rollans Park. (Plaindealer file photo)
High flows highlight Saturday’s RiverFest
The rubber ducks will return to Rollans Park this weekend, but for a hunt rather than a race.
And better leave those discount store inner tubes at home. When revelers gather along the Uncompahgre River on Saturday for the 15th annual Ridgway RiverFest, they’ll be greeted by a churning, swirling, murky, rollicking river, filled with snowmelt from the most prodigious Ouray County winter in the last four years. The Uncompahgre is currently running at nearly three times the cubic feet per second it...
