Montezuma County Search and Rescue

09/18/2026

The upper Dolores was briefly above 400 CFS, the minimum recommended flow for small boats (kayaks, packrafts, etc.). Minimum flow levels are arbitrary and subjective (we've done it at 200 CFS.) The river may come up more if it continues raining upstream.

There is a river-wide hazard just above Big Rock, a partially submerged fence (see post from Dolores River Boating Advocates).

09/16/2026

09/12/2026

09/08/2026

TONIGHT, in Dolores! Learn about human-bear conflict in Dolores and Montezuma County, the new Colorado statute on Negligently Luring Bears, and how it will be enforced -- with Sheriff Nowlin and our local game wardens from Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Organized by the Town of Dolores, at the Dolores Public Library.

09/05/2026

"What’s the real cost of backcountry rescue?"
by Nick Mott, Mountain Journal

Colorado SAR teams never charge for backcountry rescue, but medical helicopters do.

A hiker refused a helicopter with a trekking pole gouging through his torso. How much money did he save?

08/24/2026

08/18/2026

Go-fast boat patrolling the high seas of Montezuma County