Detailed information about running specific rivers, including put-in and take-out details, permit application processes, ideal water flows, significant rapids, and camp descriptions.
Every paddler needs a good shortlist of easily accessible half-day trips that can be run either after work on a weekday or in a morning or afternoon on the weekend—leaving time for chores, kids’ soccer games, and other non-paddling slices of life. For folks on the Front Range of Denver, a perfect intermediate half-day run … Read more
Didn’t pull a permit for the Main or the Middle Fork of the Salmon? Dry your tears and set your sights on the free-flowing Lower Salmon—112 miles of fun whitewater, plentiful white sand beaches, and lively fishing. For many years, the Lower Salmon has been our crew’s go-to choice for an easygoing multi-day trip that … Read more
The San Juan River, tucked down in the Four Corners area, is a magical place where you can float through soaring red canyons and explore ruins and petroglyphs left by people who lived in the area as early as 10,000 BC. The mild rapids make this an ace trip for families with kids or any … Read more
As an utter newcomer to running Grand Canyon in spring 2021, I didn’t really understand the implications of the two common take-out options: Diamond Creek or Pearce Ferry at Lake Mead. Now, as a veteran of one trip that took out at Pearce, I have some fresh observations about these take-out options. Every river party … Read more
The Cache la Poudre River northwest of Fort Collins, Colorado, is a mainstay for whitewater paddlers in Northern Colorado—at least in the early weeks of summer before the water drops out. The upper Poudre was designated as Wild and Scenic in 1986—ironic as Highway 14 runs alongside, and its flow is broken in the lower … Read more