Rocky Mountain Canoe Club

Category: Trip Reports

  • Loma to Westwater (A.K.A. Ruby-Horsethief) Trip Report

    Dates:  September 28 – September 30, 2023 Report Submitted by:  Debbie Hinde We had six participants on this trip:  Debbie, Holly, Chris, Nanette, Tom, Neddie.  We had 2 tandem canoes, 1 solo canoe and 1 solo kayak. This 25-mile trip on the Colorado River starts at the Loma State Wildlife Area (SWA) Boat Ramp.  When…

  • Desolation and Gray Canyons Trip Report

    Dates: September 5 – 11, 2023 Report Submitted By: Debbie Hinde We had 12 Participants on this trip:  Debbie, Micki, Lynne, Steve, Sally, Roger, Merlin, Deni, Karen, Carey, Dave, and Claire. We had two rafts, one Ducky (IK), one hardshell kayak, one sea kayak, one packraft, one tandem canoe and 3 solo canoes. This is…

  • Swiftwater Rescue Class Report

    Submitted By:  Micki Kaplan Who needs swiftwater rescue training? Answer: Everyone! RMCC club members attended an excellent 2 day Swift Water Rescue Class, Sunday-Monday, July 9 & 10, 2023 taught by Alan Cammack of Canyon River Instruction (CRI) located by the Arkansas River, just outside Salida, CO. CRI offered RMCC club members a significant discount,…

  • Trip Report — Smith River Montana, October 1 – 7, 2023

    A permit for the Smith is always a long shot — about 1500 permits for 15,000 applications.  And my application for an October 1 launch was optimistically based on a fairly regular bump up of flows in late September and early October. But our trip for three hardy kayakers was a delight. See the attached…

  • Trip Report Colorado River Loma to Westwater Sept 2023

    A late September paddle down the Colorado from the Loma boat ramp in western Colorado to the Westwater Ranger Station in eastern Utah has been an annual RMCC event for at least a dozen years. Each year varies as to number of participants, type of paddlecraft, campsite, weather, river flow, fall color, etc. But each…

  • Trip Report – Lake Powell – San Juan Arm – 2023

    Trip Report – Lake Powell – San Juan Arm – 2023

    By Karen A This report gives details on the Lake Powell – San Juan Arm houseboat and kayaking trip that 9 RMCC members did in the last week of August. Since we had purchased pre-boarding, we all arrived the day before departure. We checked in at the Wahweap Resort Boat Rentals, not the Marina. The…

  • Trip Report – Bowron Lakes 2023

    Trip Report – Bowron Lakes 2023

    By Mat Bozek After our trip in the Yukon finished, we checked availability and were able to secure a permit for the Bowron Lakes circuit (in British Columbia), and rented 2 Canoes – Clipper Tripper 17’6” – 71 lbs, and carts  We rendezvoused in Prince George where we rented an Air B&B so we could…

  • Trip Report – Yukon 2023 – Fluff n Stuff

    Trip Report – Yukon 2023 – Fluff n Stuff

    By Tracy and Janet Hays First off, I want to acknowledge how grateful we are to Mat and Judy for asking us to join them on this adventure of a lifetime.  It was way beyond anything we would have ever cooked up on our own.  The trip was demanding, intimidating, and exhausting but so very…

  • Trip Report – Yukon 2023

    Trip Report – Yukon 2023

    By Mat Bozek 2023 Yukon Trip – Big Salmon River to Yukon River to Dawson  480 miles Four of us drove North from Colorado to paddle the Big Salmon and Yukon Rivers.  It was me and my partner Judy in my patched up Pakcanoe 170, and our friends Tracy and Janet (T/J) in their 14.5’…

  • Aug 12 North Platte below Glendo trip report by Trip Coordinator Bill Ashworth

    14 RMCC members spent a lovely August Saturday paddling the North Platte in Wyoming between Glendo and Guernsey reservoirs. This section finishes with a Class II rapid and exciting standing waves at the bottom of Wendover Canyon. We do this trip every year with expected challenges (i.e. will a coal train block the Cottonwood Creek…