Accident Database: Accident #264

River: Cache La Poudre
Section: 8. Poudre Park Picnic Gound to below Pine View Falls
Location: Pineview Falls
Water Level: Medium
Difficulty: I
Accident Code(s): Head Injury
Injury Code(s): Spinal Injury, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal, Fatal
Experienced/Inexperienced: Experienced
Private/Commercial: Commercial
Boat Type: Raft
Number of Victims: 1
Summary:

TWO RAFT GUIDES DIE IN COLORADO

 

Two professional raft guides died on Colorado rivers in 1993.

 

 

 

 

On July 1, a guide on the Poudre River apparently broke his neck when his raft flipped in Pineview Rapid, a solid class IV+ drop. He swam to shore, tried to stand up, then collapsed and fell face-down in the water. The first and last boat of his four-boat trip flipped, slowing rescue efforts.

SOURCES: Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, Leonard Pierce posting to Rec.boats.paddle

 

 

 

Report Status: Completed