RMCC Annual Planning/Permit Party!

Saturday, January 11 from 1:30 – 4:30 pm — Come one, come all! If you love canoeing be sure to put this meeting on your calendar. This is the time RMCC members, family, and guests come together to learn about possible canoe trips and classes and help determine the club’s 2020 event calendar. Trip coordinators are recruited and dates selected during this meeting. (Popular trips often fill up during this party.) Many multi-day trips require permits and the odds of getting a permit increases considerably if a group of people put in for the same dates (see information about the permit lottery application process below). Time will be given at the end of the meeting for people wishing to register for the same lottery  permitted trip so they can plan and coordinate possible dates to increase our collective chances of winning a permit. For the list of river and lake trips RMCC has offered in previous years, including the ones that require a permit, click the following link: List of Permit and non-permit rivers.

This is also an excellent meeting for people who are not members of RMCC but wish to know more about the club and its activities. If you can’t attend, consider sending Lynne Carpenter, the club’s Trip Master, the names of the trips in which you are interested so the trip coordinators can add you to their list of possible participants.

If you are more of an adrenaline junkie or like longer trips, you can look at American Whitewater’s list of the lottery permitted rivers here. Lottery permitted rivers are typically multi-day, class III and IV rivers throughout the western US. The permit lottery application season is open from Dec1 to January 31 for almost all lottery rivers (at least one exception: the Rio Chama lottery, which closes on 1/15.) Also consider applying for the Grand Canyon 2021 lottery! We have experienced boaters who can serve as trip leaders  and advisors to get paddlers down the more technical /difficult and logistically challenging rivers (by canoe, duckie, raft, etc.).

Plan on bringing an appetizer or snack to share and a beverage of your choice. Please also consider bringing your own reusable plate, bowl, cup, and utensils to reduce waste.

The party is being held at:

Greenway Park Clubhouse
110 Greenway Drive, Broomfield, Co  80020
It is in Broomfield one block south of 120th Avenue and a short block East of Main St.

For those of you wonderful volunteers who are willing to be a trip coordinator or co-coordinator in 2020, please let Lynne know which trips you wish to lead and possible dates. We are also taking names of people interested in being mentored by a more experienced paddler with the intention of leading RMCC excursions in upcoming years.

Contact Lynne Carpenter by email at lynnecarpenter@gmail.com