Rocky Mountain Canoe Club

Category: Trip Reports

  • Trip Report – Meander Canyon, Colorado River, 2024

    Trip Report – Meander Canyon, Colorado River, 2024

    By Karen A. September 8-13, 2024 This report gives details on the Meander Canyon trip that 11 RMCC members did in mid-September. If you are not familiar with Meander Canyon, it is on the Colorado River downstream from Moab, Utah and winds through stunning scenery ahead of the the confluence with the Green River. This…

  • Trip Report – Colorado River, Cisco Landing to Lower Onion Creek

    Trip Report – Colorado River, Cisco Landing to Lower Onion Creek

    August 24 & 25, 2024 By Karla Tanner There were 8 of us boaters in all, 4 with RMCC (Karla Tanner, Jay Gingrich, Jane Lewis, & Brookie Gallagher) and 4 from Rocky Mountain Sea Kayak Club. From beginning to end it was a trip of crazy strong wind & rain squalls – but only when…

  • Trip Report – North Fork of the Flathead 2024

    Roy and Sally Berke have shared a trip report for their run of the North Fork of the Flathead River in Montana. Actually they provided two trip reports, one as a PDF and one as a video. Read the PDF here: New Friends, Pristine Water, and Unexpected Adventures While Canoeing the North Fork Flathead. The…

  • Rendezvous at Radium, 2024 — Event Report

    We had a great time! See the Rendezvous Event Report for more detail, including more photos added 8 15 24. And if you missed it — join us next year!

  • Flaming Gorge Reservoir 7/17 – 7/23

    Participants : Gary Cage, Dennis Ohnstad   Jul 17 – Drive to Flaming Gorge. Dennis camped at the Buckboard Crossing Campground. I did a dispersed camp that was a 10 minute paddle from the Buckboard boat ramp.        Jul 18 – Paddled from Buckboard to Blacks Fork and up that arm. A 5 hour paddle out and…

  • Shoshone Lake via Lewis Lake and Lewis River July 13 – 15 2024

    Shoshone Lake in Yellowstone National Park is the largest lake in the lower 48 not accessible by road. In a crowded Park it is isolated with very few people. My wife, Nanette Laughrey, Steve Guerra and I paddled to Shoshone Lake and back on July 13-15. Nanette and I were paddling our 17 1/2 foot…

  • Niobrara River May 2024

    Niobrara River Trip Report

  • Trip Report – Little Yampa Canyon 2024

    Trip Report – Little Yampa Canyon 2024

    By Dan Custer May 15 and 16, South Beach to Duffy Mountain, 32 miles We had a pleasant trip through Little Yampa Canyon this year, largely because it got postponed by a week. Had we gone when originally planned we would have lots of rain, wind, and much colder temperatures. A real hazard if someone…

  • Trip Report – Caddo Lake 2024

    Trip Report – Caddo Lake 2024

    By Kit Williams The April 8, 2024 solar eclipse offered a rare opportunity to fit in a canoe trip while witnessing a celestial event that will not be coming back to the US for another 20 years. Caddo Lake and the Big Cypress Bayou area offered 12 Colorado canoeists the opportunity to explore cypress filled…

  • Withlacoochee River Trip – 2024 – 75 miles

    Withlacoochee River Trip – 2024 – 75 miles

    By Mat Bozek A Creek Indian name, it means “Little Big River” – also known as Crooked River – it is 140 or 160 miles long depending on what you read. A “blackwater” river in Florida, stained dark by tannin, and a Designated Florida Paddling Trail and a nice river to paddle. Continue reading