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Trip Report: Ruby-Horsethief – 3 day trip
September 26-28, 2021 By Kathryn Mutz Having three RMCC events on the same stretch of river in the same weekend hints at the delight that the Ruby-Horsethief run offers! Our three-day, two-night trip launched on Sunday about noon with one tandem canoe (Jerry and Louise), a solo canoe (John), a solo kayak (Janet), and a…
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Officer Nominations and Annual Meeting
As local boating winds down this month, we look forward to reviewing the year’s activities and reminiscing about our year’s experiences at the annual meeting in November. More on that later as we are working on date/time and logistics. We will certainly have either a virtual or hybrid meeting. Stay tuned. With the annual meeting…
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3 Opportunities to paddle Ruby-Horsethief
A third opportunity to paddle the scenic Ruby-Horsethief section of the Colorado River near Fruita, CO has been added to the two already listed on the RMCC calendar (this is a very popular trip at a gorgeous time of the year). This is a two-night camping trip starting Sunday, September 26 and going through Tuesday,…
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RMCC Canoe Loans
Thanks to the generous donations of two tandem Old Town canoes (one of which was subsequently stolen and the value reimbursed to the club), we are now able to loan a tandem Old Town Discovery 158 to members. See the website Canoe Loan page https://rockymountaincanoeclub.net/canoe-loans/ for details on how to borrow the canoe (through our new…
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Trip Report – San Juan River, Utah – July 2021
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…
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Trip Report – Rio Grande River – Rio Grande Bridge to Pilar, New Mexico
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,…
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Trip Report – Standley Lake Morning Paddle with the Birds
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…
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Tandem Canoe — Donated to the club, needs some repair, needs a storage location, available for loan to members
A local business has recently donated a tandem Old Town Discovery 16 canoe to the club. It needs a bit of work on the thwarts and seats. We also need a place to store it. After a bit of repair, the canoe will be available for loan to members and for our canoe instruction program.…
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Trip Report – Missouri River 2021
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…
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Trip Report – Little Yampa Canyon 2021
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…
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Dillion Lake and other May/June Activities
A new trip has been scheduled on June 26 for the beautiful mountain ringed Dillion Lake led by new Trip Coordinator Jan Dudley. That is just one of the many wonderful adventures waiting for you in May and June. For further details on each of these events, go to the RMCC Calendar at https://rockymountaincanoeclub.net/events/. White…
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Trip Report – Gunnison River – Delta to Whitewater – 4/29-5/1/21
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,…
