The June 13 Chatfield Paddlefest hosted by the Rocky Mountain Sea Kayak Club now includes free burgers, hot dogs or brats. Just include your preference when you RSVP, please. You are welcome to bring side dishes, but that is not required. The July 10 Flaming Gorge trip itinerary has changed slightly to begin at Buckboard…

Per Kathryn Mutz’ earlier emails, RMCC is hosting four paddling events with the BeyondHome organization for our service project called “Colorado Kids on the Water”. BeyondHome is a 501c(3) nonprofit organization whose youth programs work “to break the cycle of generational poverty by empowering kids to reach their full potential and build confidence in navigating…

Once again, the Rocky Mountain Canoe Club and the Missouri Whitewater Association have granted permission for me to conduct a joint Class II whitewater trip.   My plan is to follow the same template used last year.  The trip will begin on or about August 16.  My current plan is to paddle the Arkansas River first for three…

RMCC members who are not annual ACA members: Please read about your three options for executing Event Membership waivers and paying event insurance fees. Two online forms are available as well as paper waivers. It is important to use the event name as instructed in the calendar. With gratitude from your Trip Master. https://rockymountaincanoeclub.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ACA-Waiver-Information-3_23_2026-3.pdf

Our collection of scanned RMCC newsletters has more than doubled in size, and includes papers from 1975 through 2013. You can view the Voyageur’s Companion archive here. I joined the club after the last of the Voyageur’s Companion newsletters were published, so I did not know what I was missing. Had I been receiving them,…

Saturday  March 14th     from 9am to 2 or 3 pm Sign up with trip coordinator Mat Bozek, matbozekx@gmail.com. The South Platte River from Brighton to Fort Lupton is generally a beginner friendly 9 mile trip that is lined with cottonwoods hosting numerous birds and other wildlife… a nice way to begin the paddling…

RMCC is starting a new service project to help get some kids — who may have never boated before — onto a lake this summer — in canoes, kayaks and SUPs. In 2024 a few of us volunteered to help a group called NewTreks with canoeing/kayaking with kids from Denver public schools and an Arvada…

Fellow Paddlers, Perhaps you’ve heard by now, vicious rumors do spread quickly, that I’ll be coordinating our annual Club Rendezvous this summer.  Note I didn’t say August.  Alas, Nita and I will be chasing a solar eclipse in Europe during the 1st half of August so this year’s Rendezvous needs to be pulled forward a…

Who would have thought — 50 years ago when this canoe club began — that organizer notes, hand-drawn trip maps, lists of boating gear, safety tips, and mimeographed newsletters would be used to help tell the story of our club’s founding and history? If you joined us for the 50th Celebration at the 2025 annual…