By Tracy Hays On this trip we had 1 oar raft with 2 passengers and an oarsman, 1 inflatable kayak, 3 kayaks and 2 solo canoes. Nine people total. July 11th we all met at Sand Island campground just outside of Bluff Utah, it’s 108ﾟ at 5:00 p.m. 7/12 we rig our boats and turn…

June 19, 2021 By Camilla Barry This is an easy section of the Rio Grande River near Taos, through the Rio Grande gorge. The put-in is under the old, lower Rio Grande Bridge near the BLM campground. I am out-of-practice with my skills after Covid had caused many trips with friends to be canceled. So,…

Sunday, June 13th, 2021 By Kathryn Mutz Standley Lake is a multi-use recreation and water-storage facility, serving as the drinking water supply for Westminster, Northglenn, and Thornton. With 1,063-acres of surface area, Standley is Westminster’s largest body of water and the Denver metropolitan area’s third largest reservoir. And it is a darn nice place to…

May 10 – 16 By Mat Bozek 25 people had signed up as interested in this trip – way too many, so I asked Doug H if he wouldbe willing to run a group if we split the trip into 2 groups, and he agreed. He would be startingfrom Coal banks landing a couple of…

Yampa River – South Beach to Duffy Mountain May 8-9 By Dan Custer We had a good time and we were lucky.  A couple of weeks before the trip the Yampa was running at 500 CFS, way too low.  Since the Yampa is not damn controlled, we needed snow melt for the river to come…

By Mat Bozek I hadn’t done Gunnson starting from Delta in a long time, and when I had to rearrange my schedule for this, decided to do it as a 3 day trip starting from Delta, with a potential layover day at Dominguez Canyon to have time for hiking.    In the weeks before the trip,…

April 16-22, 2021 By Tracy and Janet Hays Our Buffalo River trip officially began Apr 16, but a few of us showed up Apr 14th to do some hiking.  This area of the Ozarks is beautiful with many great hikes and lots of waterfalls.  Due to low water conditions we had previously changed our shuttle…

By Karen Amundson and Kathryn Mutz Here are photos and descriptions from Kathryn Mutz’s and Karen Amundson’s collection of images of Indian rock and ruins as well as fossils, dinosaur tracks, and petrified wood logs.  These are from the area where the Green and Colorado Rivers come together, and then heading upstream along those 2…

If you missed the first session of the Waiting (Inside) for Warmer Weather: Winter Webinar Series, or maybe you were in the session and would like a document about what was presented, you can read Karen’s report here. I missed the session but found the report fascinating. As a reminder, we have more sessions coming…

by Karen Amundson We had 7 paddlers in mid-October do a houseboat / sea kayak combo on Lake Powell with a focus on exploring the Escalante Arm. Weather, paddling, hikes, music, and near-gourmet food all contributed to a memorable experience. Click here to read the full trip report.