Hi RMCC Paddlers!
Are you ready to get onto the water? We are! Below are the trips we’d like to take and HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:
- If you want to join one of the permitted river trips, you need to apply for a permit!
- Do you want to do one of the non-permitted trips? E-mail the Trip Coordinator to let them know.
- Are you interested in doing any of the trips that don’t have a date or TC yet? Contact us at cmdeck@bresnan.net and let us know. Hey, better yet – offer to TC one!
WE’RE GOING TO APPLY FOR THESE PERMITS:
1. Rio Chama: 1st choice date July 4th (2nd choice June 27th, 3rd choice July 11th)
To apply, contact Karen Amundson (canoekarena@msn.com) or the Taos BLM office (575-758-8851) for a postcard and mail it in. Your application must be postmarked no later than January 31st.
2. San Juan (Mexican Hat to Clay Hills Crossing): 1st choice date Aug. 31 to Sept. 5th (2nd choice Sept. 1st to Sept. 6th)
See the BLM’s Monticello office website for instructions. Your application needs to be in before February 1st. Contact Karen Amundson (canoekarena@msn.com) with questions.
3. Middle Salmon:
Richard Ferguson is holding a permit for September 25th. Contact Richard (richard@fergusonsculpture.com) if you think you’re up for this Class IV trip!
Permit applications for the Chama and the San Juan lotteries are due in just 5 days, SO GET THOSE APPLICATIONS IN!
WE’RE PLANNING TO DO THESE NON-PERMITTED TRIPS: Contact the Trip Coordinator and let them know you’re interested!
| South Platte RiverAll Club Paddle | Class I | March 22nd | Kathryn Mutz | Kathryn.Mutz@Colorado.edu |
| Niobrara River | Class I | May 24-25 | Bill Ashworth | washwort@comcast.net |
| San Rafael River | Class II | May 24-25 | Karen Amundson | canoekarena@msn.com |
| South Platte River(Kersey-Kuner) | Class I | June | Anne Fiore | Anne_fiore@yahoo.com |
| Colorado River(Dotsero-Hanging Lk) | Class I | June | Janet Mallory | janetrpm@gmail.com |
| Gross Reservoir | Class I | June | Kathy Ashworth | kathleen687@comcast.net |
| Colorado RiverRMCC Rendezvous | Class I-III | July 19-20 | Bill Ashworth | washwort@comcast.net |
| Rio Chama | Class III | July 23-27 or July 30-Aug 3 | John Makar | jmakar@hotmail.com |
| Green River (Stillwater Cyn) | Class I | Sept 8- 12 or 15 | John Makar | jmakar@hotmail.com |
| Colorado River(Loma-Westwater) | Class II | Sept 27-28 | Bill Ashworth | washwort@comcast.net |
| Shoshone Lake (Yellowstone) | Class I | ? | Louise Richards | louisemrichards@aol.com |
| Quetico or Boundary Waters | Class I | ? | Louise Richards | louisemrichards@aol.com |
WE’RE INTERESTED IN THESE TRIPS. SEND ME AN E-MAIL AT CMDECK@BRESNAN.NET IF YOU ARE TOO!
If there’s enough interest we’ll make them happen.
Day Trips
- Poudre River – Filter Plant to Picnic Rock (Class II)
- South Platte River – Brighton to Ft. Lupton (Class I)
- South Platte River – Deckers (Class II)
- South Platte River – Evans to Kersey (Class I)
- Union Reservoir (Class I)
- Chatfield Reservoir (Class I)
- Cherry Creek Reservoir (Class I)
Weekend Trips
- Colorado River – Cisco to Moab (Class I-II)
- Gunnison River – Delta to Whitewater (Class I-II)
- North Platte River – 6 Mile Gap (Class II)
- North Platte River – Glendo to Guernsey (Class II)
- North Platte River – Sanger to I-80 (Class I)
- White River River – near Meeker and/or Rangely (Class II)
Extended Trips
- Colorado River – Potash to Spanish Bottom (Class I)
- Green River – Ruby Ranch to Mineral Bottom (Class I)
- Green River – Mineral Bottom to Spanish Bottom (Class I)
- Green River – Below Flaming Gorge Dam (Class II-III)
- Green River – Seedskadee NWR (Class I)
- Grand Teton area rivers (Class II)
- Rio Grande River – near Taos (Class II)
- Rio Grande River – Big Bend NP (Class I-II)
- Muddy Creek UT – Lone Tree Crossing to Tomsich Butte or Hidden Splendor (Class II)
Classes
- Beginning Canoeing
- Boat Rigging & Packing for Tripping
- Boating Safety
- Swift Water Rescue