Category: Trip Reports

  • 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

  • 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…