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2010 Trip and Event Schedule

2010 Schedule updated March 10 by ba

Newest updates: May San Rafael River (UT)

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THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN CANOE CLUB is an organization for paddlers in the Colorado area covering all aspects of paddle sports from flat water to white water with an emphasis on the open canoe.

RIVER PERMITS Many of the week long spring and summer trips are on Permit Only rivers and the permit request process usually begins in January or February. RMCC often has a Permit Party in early January to strategize rivers and dates for the coming year. See Richard Ferguson’s River permit page for updated details on Western rivers.

RMCC trips are cooperative adventures shared by members and their guests. The entire group is collectively responsible for the trip, and each participant is individually responsible for judging their own qualifications, skill level, and safety on the rivers being run. The trip coordinator may refuse to allow a participant on a trip, but the responsibility for judging one's own qualifications lies solely with each trip member. The trip coordinator also may restrict trip participants to RMCC members only.

Call in advance! Trips can fill up. Organizers need time for planning.

To add trips and events to the schedule, or to make changes, please click on the following link to send us a message. Please include information for each column, and keep everything very brief! Announcements are limited to club-related trips and events, or general boating events of some interest to canoeists. Include the name of the hosting organization for non-RMCC events.

Links to other descriptive web pages are encouraged. If you would like to show the flow gauge, please include a working link or station number.

Send Announcements

Alternatively, you may send announcements directly to our Trip Coordinator:

Bill Ashworth 303-473-9234

To join RMCC on any trip, you must be a member, or the guest of a member, and sign the Rocky Mountain Canoe Club & American Canoe Association Waivers. Click here to join...

Dual Rating System:
The first number is the river rating, I-IV etc., with optional +/-.
This is optionally followed by a second advisory rating for the recommended skill level, B-N-Int-A.

Lakes and Class I

Class II

Class III

Class IV[+]

B = Beginner

N = Novice

Int = Intermediate

A = Advanced

For a more complete definition, see ratings.txt

Also:

Classes and Special Events

Holiday Weekend Trips:	Click on a Blue Ball, next to a trip, and it will link you to the flow page, for the nearest gauge.	Previous Trip Schedules:
Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day		2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997

Date	River or Event	Organizer	Phone	Rating	Comments
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Jan. 16	Permit/Holiday Party	Bill Ashworth	720-352-6456		Permit Party and Potluck supper @ Bill & Kathy Ashworth’s 2376 Keystone Court, Boulder, CO 80304. Parking – limited in our cul-du-sac, so look for space on 23^rd. Happy Hour at 5pm, potluck supper at 6:30. No RSVP, just paddle on up with your paddling wish list for permitted trips in 2010.
Jan. 3 & 17	Pool Practice Sessions	Karen Jankowski	303-989-4833		NOT an ACA-sanctioned outing/event. Keep those paddling muscles in shape all winter and join the club paddling at Myers pool. Bring a boat, paddle, life jacket, neoprene clothing, water shoes, goggles and bathing suit. Shower and changing room available. Practice rolling, paddling, and gates. Try out your new boat before you put in the river or come and try new skills with the help of fellow club members. Contact Karen Jankowski for any questions at 303-989-4833. $8.50 per person, Sundays listed at left, 10 am to 1 pm. George Meyers Pool, 7900 Carr Dr., Arvada
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Feb. 7 & 28	Pool Practice Sessions	Karen Jankowski	303-989-4833		NOT an ACA-sanctioned outing/event. Keep those paddling muscles in shape all winter and join the club paddling at Myers pool. Bring a boat, paddle, life jacket, neoprene clothing, water shoes, goggles and bathing suit. Shower and changing room available. Practice rolling, paddling, and gates. Try out your new boat before you put in the river or come and try new skills with the help of fellow club members. Contact Karen Jankowski for any questions at 303-989-4833. $8.50 per person, 10 am to 1 pm. George Meyers Pool, 7900 Carr Dr., Arvada.

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Mar. 7 & 21	Pool Practice Sessions	Karen Jankowski	303-989-4833		NOT an ACA-sanctioned outing/event. Keep those paddling muscles in shape all winter and join the club paddling at Myers pool. Bring a boat, paddle, life jacket, neoprene clothing, water shoes, goggles and bathing suit. Shower and changing room available. Practice rolling, paddling, and gates. Try out your new boat before you put in the river or come and try new skills with the help of fellow club members. Contact Karen Jankowski for any questions at 303-989-4833. $8.50 per person, 10 am to 1 pm. George Meyers Pool, 7900 Carr Dr., Arvada.
Mar 20	South Platte Multi-club paddle day	Bill Ashworth	303-473-9234	Class I	Not an ACA-sanction outing/event. An annual meet up for a number of local paddling clubs and individuals. Check out the flyer from this year’s organizer (Debbie Hinde of Poudre Paddlers). Snow date is Saturday April 3.
Mar. 31- Apr 2	San Island to Mexican Hat, San Juan River, Utah	Jim and Karen Baker-Jarvis	303-823-5532	Class II+	26 mile early season trip; wetsuits recommended, canoe flotation required. Water could be low or high depending on release at Navaho Dam. Weather could be great or awful this time of year. ACA membership or ACA fee required ($5). Will cancel if weather looks really bad. Cost $6.00/person to us by Feb. 25. Description here from Southwest Paddler.

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Apr 18 & 25	Pool Practice Sessions	Karen Jankowski	303-989-4833		NOT an ACA-sanctioned outing/event. Keep those paddling muscles in shape all winter and join the club paddling at Myers pool. Bring a boat, paddle, life jacket, neoprene clothing, water shoes, goggles and bathing suit. Shower and changing room available. Practice rolling, paddling, and gates. Try out your new boat before you put in the river or come and try new skills with the help of fellow club members. Contact Karen Jankowski for any questions at 303-989-4833. $8.50 per person,, 10 am to 1 pm. George Meyers Pool, 7900 Carr Dr., Arvada.

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May 2	Swiftwater Rescue Class	Jim and Karen Baker-Jarvis	303-989-4833		Sunday May 2 RMCC is planning to have a Swiftwater Rescue class run by an ACA Swiftwater Rescue Certified Instructor: Sammer Elias. The class will be run from 8:30 AM to 5 PM in the Golden area on Clear Creek. The cost will be $120/person plus ACA insurance fee unless you are an ACA member. Since this is a safety class, the club has decided to subsidize part of the fees for members that have recently been trip coordinators and then any funds left over will be used to help out other members with the priority decided by club officers. Subsidies will range from $100 and down, but only one per family unit, to be determined by the club officers, given the available funds. The class will require some swimming in the river in cold water, wetsuits or drysuits required plus helmets and PDFs. To register please contact Jim or Karen Baker-Jarvis (Bjcanoedance@earthlink.net) (303-823-5532) ASAP ; we will assemble a list of interested parties and you will be contacted about a month before the class and then told what your portion of the registration fee will be. All fees will be due April 22 or 10 days before the class date.
May 29-31	San Rafael River (UT)	Karen Amundson	303-734-9823	Class 1+	ACA insured trip. This 17 mile stretch of river is just north of I-70 from the Sinbad exit NW of Moab. It flows through the Little Grand Canyon, and we will do a relatively late Saturday start and find hikes to spread it over 2 nights of remote camping. We want the flows to be between 150 and 450cfs. Backup plan if the water is too low-or-high will be either the Dolores ending in Gateway or the Niobrara, depending on the group’s skill level and desire. Link to http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?site_no=09328500 for water levels and to http://southwestpaddler.com/docs/greenut12.html for some more description.
Memorial Day Weekend


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Independence Day Weekend




July 24 - 25	Annual Rendezvous @ Radium on the Colorado nr Kremmeling	Bill Ashworth	720-352-6456	Class I through Class III	Summer RMCC get-together. Day trips, Dutch oven competition, cookouts. Trips available for all skill levels. This will be an ACA-sanctioned outing/event which requires EITHER ACA membership OR a $5/person registration fee and helmets for all Class II sections and above. Detailed flyer to come later.

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Labor Day Weekend

Sept 25-26	Ruby-Horsethief Canyon, Colorado River, CO & UT	Bill Ashworth	720-352-6456	Class I	This is family-friendly trip through a spectacular 25 mile canyon section of the Colorado in western Colorado/eastern Utah. This will be an ACA-sanctioned outing which requires EITHER ACA membership OR a $5/person registration fee. We'll be meeting at the Fruita or Loma boat ramps (see the links below for directions and descriptions of all the locations mentioned here) at 8:00am and run the shuttle to Westwater. We're hoping to camp around the mouth of Mee Canyon (roughly halfway down) early enough on Saturday to avoid afternoon winds and allow canyon hiking and exploration. We'll be off the river early on Sunday for the drive back to the Denver area. Carpooling, partner-matching, and group camping Friday night are possible but contact me as soon so we can make this happen. Jerry Nolan's Ruby-Horsethief Canyons page: http://home.mesastate.edu/~jerry/guide/c2d.htm BLM webpage: http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/nca/mcnca/recreation/boating/coriver.html

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Looking ahead to next year
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Maps to put-ins:

Colorado R., Pumphouse and Radium
Colorado R., Cisco to Moab
South Platte, Brighton to Ft. Lupton
South Platte, Evans to Kersey

Map Credits:
Mark Zen, Marek Uliasz, BLM

Also see Jerry's Local River Guide.

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