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Desert Sports High Season Hours!»

Desert Sports is now open from 9 am – 6 pm, 7 days a week! Come by and check out our new line of Suncloud Optics! 25% off all Super Salve!…

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Rio Grande levels up! July 2013»

The Desert Sports staff is excited to announce the river is up, and we are ready to go Rafting! Give us a call 888.989.6900 or 432.371.2727 to make a reservation.…

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Rio Grande Water Levels UP!»

The water from the Mexico release is here so let’s go float the Rio Grande! Spaces on day tours available for Santa Elena Canyon or Colorado Canyon! Great levels for multi-day…

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Biking and Canoeing with April Blooms»

April is a fine month for mountain biking, canoeing and hiking in the Big Bend. Cool nights still sooth the heat of the day while the a taste of rain…

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River is UP! Let’s go rafting!»

Rio Conchos joins flows with the Rio Grande as a release of water from Mexico’s reservoir, Luis Leon, has reached the Big Bend area. We saw Colorado Canyon at a…

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Mexico Releasing Water From Rio Conchos»

Yesterday we got notice that Mexico was going to start a release from the Rio Conchos. The Rio Conchos feeds into the Rio Grande just above Presidio and augments the…

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Passport Requirements Change»

Ok, here is the latest update on Passport Requirements for going on river trips on the Rio Grande in the Big Bend area of Texas. We are in receipt of…

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Mexico Still Releasing Water»

The dam release on the Rio Conchos is still flowing. As of this morning, August 26, 2010, it has increased up to a bit over 2000 cfs (61 cms). This…

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Rio Grande is UP!! Mexico Releasing Water»

LET’S GO RAFTING!!Mexico is releasing water from a reservoir on the Rio Conchos. Just yesterday, 8/6/2010, in the late afternoon the release hit the gauge at the Presidio Bridge. The…

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Passports for River Trips???»

As anyone that has run this reach of the Rio Grande knows, it is basically impossible to do a river trip in the Big Bend and not end up on…