We’re starting to see the results of those permit applications! Bill Rivers drew a permit for a July 11th launch (July 17 takeout) for Desolation-Gray Canyons on the Green River.  If you’re interested in joining Bill, please contact him at billrivers@earthlink.net. We weren’t so successful on the San Juan (Mexican Hat to Clay Hills) or…

Annual Renewal and Waivers First the bad news – it’s time to renew your Rocky Mountain Canoe Club membership for 2015 and update your Waiver. Now the good news – the cost continues at $10 per household!  As detailed in the Treasurer’s report last November, even with this reduced rate we are still running a…

Hi RMCC Paddlers! Below is the 2015 RMCC Trip Schedule.  Remember that this is the first draft, and we’ll be updating this schedule as permits are received and more trip dates are firmed up.  At the bottom of this post, you’ll find a list of potential trips that may be added to the schedule yet…

Doug and Janet’s son Wes died from his skiing injury over the weekend and there is a funeral service  planned for Saturday January 31st at 11:00 am at Rockland Community Church.  Check the church or the caringbridge.org website for a confirmation closer to the date Rockland Community Church (1/4 mile north of I-70 at exit 254…

RMCC 2015 Permit trip Lotteries –  deadlines fast approaching Here are the FIVE potential river trips that emerged from the RMCC Permit Party in Breckenridge last week. All are multi-day canoe camping trips with at least some technical rapids and all require government permits (most will also require a paid shuttle).  If you’d like to…

Many of you know our long time member and Quartermaster Doug Hurcomb and his wife Janet Marks. Their college age son Wes experienced  a serious skiing accident last Friday and is in  grave condition in a Grand Junction hospital. He is on a ventilator and the extent of his brain damage is not yet known – he was…

The tentative trip listing is posted in Forums / Club Trip Planning / Trip Planning 2015

Please email me at anne_fiore@yahoo.com if you are keeping an eye on the forum….

Keep an eye on Forums/ Club Trip Planning / Trip Planning 2015 for updates. Email Anne Fiore (anne_fiore@yahoo.com) to add something. We will be starting the pot luck portion shortly and will be doing the trip planning portion afterwards. Anne    

We’ll be meeting in Breckenridge Saturday night for the Annual Permit Party – a “group-think” exercise where proposed trips on the premium river which require a lottery-generated permits to float are listed with proposed dates and crews  . Examples are the Yampa through Dinosaur NM, the Main and Middle Salmon in central Idaho, the Rio…