Darin and I headed to Maybell, Colorado to run Cross Mountain Gorge on the Yampa river. The level was about 2500 CFS, which was perfect for our first trip. We ran it Saturday and Sunday with our friend Michael and we hooked up with two other groups . Behind the first big rapid, The Osterizer, there were two big dead rotting cows shoved into sieves. That was pretty disgusting, but the rest of the gorge was breath-taking. Blue skies, red walls and muddy water were everywere. We also enjoyed the river front camping at the put-in. Cross Mountain Gorge was the perfect weekend trip! Where in the hell should we go next weekend?