Category: Club News

  • Day trip coming up next Weekend (July 19) on the Colorado below Dotsero

    Still room on this Class I day trip. Contact Janet for full details Colorado River CO, Above Dotsero to Hanging Lake

  • Annual Radium Rendezvous POSTPONED due to High Water – rescheduled to Aug 15-17

    Despite my optimistic posting on Sunday, on further reflection and in consultation with a number of more experienced paddlers in the Club,  I’ve come to conclusion that the high flows on the upper Colorado and the Blue River (delivering about 3100 cfs at Radium this week) will make all but one of the traditional runs too…

  • Weekly Cache la Poudre runs on Wednesday evenings

    Once again, Roger Faaborg of Poudre Paddlers is inviting RMCC members to join the PP experts on the Filter Plant run of the Poudre. This will continue on into the summer until the flows are too low.  Quite a number of RMCC paddlers were up there on Sunday and had a good time. Keep in…

  • Invitation by the Poudre Paddlers – Cache la Poudre River: Filter Plant Sunday June 29

    An invitation from Roger Faaborg of Poudre Paddlers. A chance to run the Class II (with a portageable CLass III) Poudre River with the experts. Note: this is not an RMCC trip. ************************************************************************ The RMCC members are welcome to join us for this Filter Plant run. The weather is supposed to be good and the…

  • Member Looking to Borrow Tandem Whitewater Canoe July 4th

    An RMCC member is looking for a tandem whitewater-capable canoe to borrow over the 4th of July weekend.  If you can help out a fellow paddler, please contact Louise Richards at louisemrichards@aol.com.

  • safe max flow level for Ruby Horsethief for novice youth group

    Forwarding this for Debbie Hinde: If any of you have run the Ruby Horsethief stretch of the Colorado at 6000 cfs or above, please let me know your experience.  I need to consider the max limit suitable for Novice canoeists. Thank you! Debbie 970.213.2568

  • Annual Rendezvous at Radium – update

    The water levels across the state are generally coming down at a nice rate and no longer threatening some upcoming trips. So the North Platte Saratoga trip and the annual Rendezvous look pretty secure.  We’ll make the final call on the Rendezvous at the end of June, but again, it looks very promising for the…

  • Possible ACA certification course this summer

    From Jeff Oxenford (joxenford@comcast.net) Hey all,   I’m considering offering an ACA Open Canoe Instructor Trainer Workshop with Ken Ford in the Golden area. We’ve tentative got July 31-August 3 on the schedule for a Level 3 River Canoeing Course. The cost would be $450 per person. For folks wanting whitewater certification, I’d schedule an…

  • San Juan River Labor Day Trip Has Openings

    We have FIVE spaces left on the San Juan River Trip.  This trip goes from Mexican Hat, Utah to the Clay Hills Crossing and runs from August 31st to September 5th.  If you’re interested, check out the posting on the RMCC website and contact Karen Amundson (canoekarena@msn.com) with questions and to sign up!  To join…

  • Six Mile Gap North Platte – room on Poude Paddlers trip

    Roger Faaborg tells us there’s room and RMCC paddlers are welcome to join the Poudre Paddlers Six Mile Gap trip next week  (June 20-22). Here’s the scoop and contact Roger if you’d like to go ***********************************************************************************/ Date: June 20,21,22, All day Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Location:  We put-in at the Six Mile Gap campground near the…