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Dec. 1. San Juan Early Spring launch dates available.
Website reservations for non-lottery permits for January 1, 2023 – April 14, 2023 launches on the San Juan River, UT will open for booking on recreation.gov on December 1 at 8:00 am MST. The mid-April permits go quickly. See https://www.recreation.gov/permits/250986 for information on the river and permits *If you are interested in organizing with other…
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Brainstorm new trips for 2023!
Interested in exploring some river new trips? Or reviving some trips from the past? Let’s talk! Let’s research and discuss together. And then we will share our findings–and our enthusiasm for new adventures– with the club at the Permit and Planning Party in January. We’ll start as an email discussion group. We can then follow…
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Trip Report – Desolation Gray
September 16 – 24, 2022 By Louise R. If you are looking for a challenging whitewater canoe trip in the canyons of the southwest, Desolation Gray Canyon on the Green River might be for you. Our group met at the campsite on the afternoon of September 15 and launched on the morning of September 16.…
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Trip Report – Boundary Waters
August 15-25, 2022 – 11 days from Snowbank Lake to Moose Lake. By Louise R. On this challenging and beautiful wilderness trip we paddled across 25 different lakes, from small, marshy ponds to large crystal-clear open lakes. On this trip route, we also had 28 portages and hiked over 20 miles. We began our trip in…
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Trip Report – San Juan River, Sand Island to Mexican Hat
October 13-16, 2022 By Karen A. We had 6 of us in canoes, 1 rubber duckie, and 1 kayak do a 3.2 day trip on the San Juan. We saw the Butler Wash petroglyph panel, River House ruins, and Chinle Wash cliff dwellings, granaries and petroglyphs. There were about 20 wild burros and a dozen…
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Ruby – Horsethief Trip Report: October 11 – 14, 2022
Six RMCC members spent three nights/four days canoeing and hiking in the Ruby and Horsethief Canyons of the Colorado River from October 11 to 14, 2022. For more, see R-H Trip Report. Additional trip photos are available in the website gallery.
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RMCC Officer Elections–Coming Soon, Consider Volunteering
The RMCC Annual Meeting and Appetizer/Dessert Potluck will be held Saturday November 12 from 3:00 – 5:30 at the Greenway Park Clubhouse: 110 Greenway Drive, Broomfield, CO 80020 — Greenway Park Clubhouse Map. We also welcome participation by Zoom in the business and photo presentation portions of the meeting. BYO appetizer/dessert. Officer Elections: An essential…
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Trip Report – Stillwater Canyon – Green River 2022
This is a stunning Class I trip of approximately 52 river miles—we highly recommend it! It could even be done over more days with additional time for hiking side canyons and seeing fossils andruins. Read the full report…
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Save the Date — Annual Meeting
We are finalizing plans for the Annual Meeting, Potluck and Elections. We think it will be Saturday November 12 from 2:30 – 5:00 at the Greenway Park Clubhouse (110 Greenway Drive, Broomfield, CO 80020). Please Save-the-Date, but we’ll send an update when we can finalize plans with the Clubhouse. We are hoping: Questions? Suggestions? Volunteer…
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Colorado River: Loma to Westwater Sept 25-26 2022
Submitted by Bill Ashworth, Trip Coordinator 10 paddlers from RMCC boated the 25 miles from Loma CO to Westwater UT under beautiful skies and a lovely 3200 cfs flow. We chose a Sunday-Monday trip to access a reasonable campsite via Wreck.gov. This was a first time at the Fault Line II site and it proved…
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Trip Report – Seedskadee 2022
Green River through the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge, September 2-5, 2022. By Karen A. On Day 1 we saw lots of osprey, bald eagles, white pelicans, 1 Trumpeter Swan and a couple of great blue herons. Day 2 again had numerous large birds (no swan) and we were treated to 3 moose lying in the…
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Rendezvous 2022 — Event Report
Forty-seven members and guests gathered at Radium campground on the Upper Colorado River, August 5 – 8. We had a great time! For more detail, see the Rendezvous summary.
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