They were on bachelor and bachelorette parties on the Colorado River. Then the Snyder Fire approached.

Two wedding parties, including a bachelor party and a bachelorette party, were evacuated from the Colorado River near Ruby-Horsethief Canyon due to the approaching Snyder Fire. The evacuations, involving over 120 people, required a complex 11-hour operation by Mesa County Search and Rescue, with Union Pacific Railroad providing hi-rail trucks for transport.