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Trip Report – Buffalo River Trip 2021
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…
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Beginning River Safety & Rescue Class
We are again offering a Zoom presentation of the Beginning River Safety & Rescue Class Wednesday, April 28, 2021 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Your presenters are Debbie Hinde and Randy Knauff. Our topics will be: Getting to the water safely Selecting the waterway Finding information Selecting the right gear Paddler roles & responsibilities River signals Scouting…
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Colorado River Trips in Utah
Dates have been set for two beautiful sections of the Colorado River near Moab Utah, the first is Moab to Spanish Bottom July 27-31 through Canyonlands National Park. The second section is a two day class I section from Cisco Landing to Onion Creek. Janet Mallory has generously offered to run this trip three times…
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RMCC Covid Plan for Paddling Trips
Covid-19 has been with us for over a year and many of us are looking forward to club paddling trips. Following our January permit party, Trip Master Kit posted our preliminary list of paddling events and we hope to add more trips as the year progresses. Because we still have Covid concerns in Colorado and…
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2021 Schedule of RMCC Events
RMCC is happy to announce that a full schedule of trips and classes has been created for 2021 (see the list below). Detailed descriptions for each of these activities are on the RMCC website calendar at: Upcoming EventsRocky Mountain Canoe Club. Several of our events filled shortly after the Permit Party so if you want…
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Enjoy our history.
Perhaps you will be snowed in this weekend. If so, and even not, this would be a good time to check out this collection of The Voyageur’s Companion. The Voyageur’s Companion was the newsletter of the Rocky Mountain Canoe Club, until 2013. These newsletters hold a sample of the club’s history with timeless trip reports,…
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Old Stuff: Colorado and Green River Drainages – Rock Art, Structures, and Fossils
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…
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Quiet Adventures Symposium
By Paul Lang I am writing about an event that us canoe people would almost surely be interested in, The Quiet Activities Symposium. Typically held on the grounds of Michigan State University on the first Saturday in March, it is one of the Midwest’s most attended paddling related events. In past years it was a…
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Applying for a River Permit
The most popular rivers often require a permit that is obtained through a lottery system. The deadlines for many of these permits are rapidly approaching. RMCC has created groups of people who have applied or plan to apply for the following rivers: Green-Gates of Ladore, Green-Deso Gray, Main Salmon, Middle Salmon, Rio Chama, Salt, San…
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Old Stuff: Southern Corridor Rock Art and Ruins
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…
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Waiting (Inside) for Warmer Weather: Winter Webinar Series
Join the RMCC this winter for a series of occasional presentations/discussions on boating topics. Within a few days of the scheduled presentation, Zoom links will be sent out via an email post to RMCC members and some of our cooperating boating groups. Our current January – March schedule follows. If you have any additional webinars…
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2021 lists of rivers and classes
Enclosed are links to two important lists, the first is information compiled by Bill Ashworth for the following permitted trips: Yampa & Green Rivers in Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado River Ruby Horsethief, Montana’s Smith River, New Mexico’s Rio Chama, and the San Juan and Green Rivers in Utah. Bill will present a slideshow on each…
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