Ours was a single tent to a site but the tent was big enough for 6 people. Those that want multiple tents, I believe KOA does offer group tent locations. I've just never looked into it. Or you can get multiple sites beside each other at the one tent/site location.

You do have to reserve them ahead of time because this is peak season and they fill up fast.

 

We had a great time in Durango. We stayed at the Best Western by the train station and were in walking distance to downtown. The nice thing about the Best Western as well as the Wyndham Hotel is that they are on a dead end. The management was great and had us park in front of the door so they could watch the bikes. They also gave us old towels to wipe down the bikes after a rain storm.


One warning! Be very careful of wild life in the area. I had a coyote jump out in front of me and ended up being life flighted to Pueblo for a nice 7 day stay in ICU. The roads are awesome and you get in a grove that you don't often expect something like that, at least not in the middle of the day? So enjoy, stay alert, and enjoy the scenery.

 

That sounds awesome! Those are some serious rapids. They are class IV and class V rapids. There was a time when those rapids were considered kayak only. Make sure you have a well experienced rafting guide.




Check out this link: http://www.durangoherald.com/article...e01/160629506/

Other rafting companies such as Mild to Wild Rafting will take almost anyone down those rapids that is willing. But then again Mild to Wild had a rafting guide and customer die in those rapids. What rafting company will be taking you down?

 

we wont be rafting this trip as they don't offer any rentals the days we are there

 

That makes no sense? Why did you end up in Pueblo? Where were you when you crashed?

 

They always offer rafting through town in the summer. In town the rapids are not dangerous. The class V rapids start up by Silverton. Not that I wanted to scare you but those are the ones you would need a good rafting guide. I've seen a lot of inexperienced rafters go through town. They just bounce off the rocks. The rapids here aren't too bad.

 

To summarize the upper Animas river starts at Silverton and is mostly class V rapids with a few class IV. This part of the river is for thrill seekers and adventurers.

The lower Animas River starts at 32nd Street bridge on the north end of Durango. Here there are Class I, II and III rapids and is for families and tourists. The biggest rapids you'll see here are the Smelter Rapids and they are Class III when the water is high.

I don't want to discourage you from taking either, I just wanted to let you know what you are in store for.

Normally Smelter Rapids are not too bad but here's a couple of people that didn't do so good.

 

we don't shy away from adventures we seek them out...lol

 

I'm leaving for Durango from SF in 2 days! My folks have a little trailer there and it'll be my first time visiting. Thanks for the tips, I'll go check out those rides!

After that it's off to Sturgis!

 

Durango is awesome. It is a great starting point to lots of passes and HWY 550.