Rocky Mountain Canoe Club

Trip Planning Interest Survey 2025

Happy Holidays! 

And, here’s to a New Year of satisfying paddling for all!

Reminder: Our annual club Permit and Planning Party will be Sunday, January 12, 2025 (details on the calendar)

The Interest Survey will open on January 1, 2025, and all members will receive a link to the survey on Jan.1. The survey will be open through Monday, January 13, 2025, the day after the PPP. The survey is a way for us to get a sense of who is interested in what trips for the upcoming year, and then for members to coordinate among ourselves to make our desired trips happen. Remember, as a club, trips only happen when members put them together.

As in the past, this is a Survey of INTEREST. It is NOT a sign up sheet.   

Take some time to think about what trips you’d like to take, and what trips you’re willing to coordinate, co-coordinate or assist. There are several possible ways to participate in helping a trip happen:

  1. Coordinate. Find a trip you want to do, and coordinate it by setting river sections, dates, camping, etc. The club will help you coordinate, and you can always ask for assistants and co-coordinators.
  2. Co-coordinate.   I am again strongly encouraging people to Co-coordinate, especially if you are new to coordinating for our club. This is also a great way to protect against the last minute cancellation of a trip if a sole coordinator has to bow out at the last minute.
  3. Volunteer with the coordinator to assist with a particular task. This could be checking up to date put-in/take-out possibilities, researching campsites, handling the ACA waivers, writing the trip report, etc. You will be helping out and building confidence to take on future responsibilities.
  4. On-the-river-coordinator. Ask a more experienced person–someone who is more familiar with a river/lake than you or has more river skills/experience–to be an “on-the-river-coordinator”  while you do the prep organization.
  5. Mentor. If a trip has a coordinator, especially a seasoned one, contact them and ask if they will “mentor” you in preparation for you to coordinate that trip in the future. Discuss with them how this could best work for both of you.
  6. Propose a trip as “exploratory.” Anyone who wants to participate should plan to be even more flexible than usual with a researched but untested plan.

If you want a preview of all the events you’ll see on the survey, I’ve listed them below.

So, fill out a survey and make your interests known to others! And, enjoy planning for a great 2025 season on the water.

Brookie

RMCC Tripmaster

[email protected]

Day Trips

  • Arkansas River
  • Barr Lake –   Brighton. Birding
  • Chatfield Reservoir
  • Demo Day (try out other club members’ boats)
  • Gross Reservoir north of Boulder
  • Lagerman Reservoir
  • McIntosh Lake Longmont
  • Saint Vrain – Apple Valley
  • St. Vrain Creek through and east of Longmont
  • South Platte – Brighton to Ft Lupton
  • South Platte – Deckers
  • South Platte – Evans to Kersey (Joint Club Paddle)
  • Standley Lake – Westminster
  • Taylor River
  • Upper Blue River
  • Weekly Day Paddle
  • Weekly Evening Paddle

Short Trips

  • Colorado – Cisco Landing to Onion Creek
  • Colorado – Loma to Westwater, 1 night
  • Colorado – Loma to Westwater, 2 night
  • Colorado – Loma to Westwater, 3 night
  • Colorado – Loma to Westwater, Spring
  • Colorado R., Sat: Rifle to Parachute.   Sun: Parachute to Debeque
  • Colorado R. Sat: town run Grand Junction. Sun: Gunnison R.
  • Colorado – Rendezvous near Radium
  • Gunnison – Delta to Whitewater
  • Niobrara – Wild & Scenic near Valentine
  • North Platte – 6 Mile Gap
  • North Platte – Glendo to Guernsey
  • North Platte – Saratoga to I-80
  • White River – near Meeker
  • Yampa River – Craig to Duffy Mountain

Extended Trips

  • Big Horn Canyon Lake in southern Montana
  • Blue Mesa Reservoir (Curecanti National Recreation Area) Exploratory
  • Boundary Waters Canoe Rec Area
  • Buffalo River
  • Colorado- Pumphouse to Dotsero
  • Current, Jack’s fork and Eleven Point River
  • Flaming Gorge Reservoir (South End) Exploratory, self-supported multi-day
  • Flaming Gorge Reservoir (North End) Exploratory, car camping
  • Flathead River – North and South Forks
  • Green River – Ruby Ranch to Mineral Bottom Spring
  • Green River – Ruby Ranch to Mineral Bottom Fall
  • Green/Colorado – Mineral Bottom to Spanish Bottom
  • Green River through Seedskadee NWR
  • Grand Teton area Rivers
  • Green River below Flaming Gorge
  • Lake Powell
  • Lewis to Shoshone Lakes in Yellowstone NP
  • Montana Exploratory. Multi-river and/or multi-day.  River(s) TBD
  • Pacific Northwest Exploratory. Multi-river and/or multi-day.  River(s) TBD
  • Rio Grande – Big Bend NP
  • Smith River late season. water dependent
  • Wild and Scenic Upper Missouri River – Spring
  • Wild and Scenic Upper Missouri River – Fall
  • Yellowstone Lake

Instruction

  • Boat Rigging and Packing for Tripping
  • Canoe Instruction Beginner
  • Canoe Instruction Intermediate
  • Canoe Instruction Advanced
  • Introduction to River Safety & Rescue
  • Swiftwater Safety and Rescue
  • Trip Coordinating, Virtual how to workshop
  • Trip Coordinator, River Day Trip
  • ACA Instructor Course (3 days, Level 1-2, Flatwater, easy moving water)
  • ACA Instructor Course (5 days, Level 3-4. Rivers, Whitewater)
  • ACA instructor Update (1-2 days, Update certification for existing instructors)
  • Club sponsored Wilderness First Aid Class (16 hours, Cost: $200-300)

Practice

  • Open Pool Sessions

Permit by Lottery

  • Green – Gates of Ladore through Dinosaur NM
  • Green – Desolation Gray. 
  • Main Salmon
  • Middle Salmon
  • Rio Chama
  • San Juan, Sand Island to Mexican Hat
  • Smith River
  • Yampa through Dinosaur NM

Brookie G.