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Trip Overview

Away from all the city lights, the wilderness night sky is unbelievably clear allowing you to gaze at the constellations, Milky Way, and maybe galaxies beyond! We will have an astronomy expert on these trips providing interpretation. Join us on the river & don’t miss one falling star! 

This spectacular canyon country of the Colorado Plateau, including Ruby and Horsethief Canyons, features majestic walls of red sandstone and offers some of the best Colorado canoeing and Colorado sea kayaking. The river is gentle with occasional small Class I+ rapids to add spice to the journey. Roads do not bound this portion of the river and the steep-walled canyons are accessible only from the river, giving the area a true wilderness setting.

You’ll be amazed at stands of shiny granite sculpted by water through the ages while paddling or floating in your lifejacket past the remnants of ancient metamorphic rock, called Black Rock. Camping along the river’s banks, exploring a natural amphitheater with ancient Indian rock art or hiking into deep box canyons will leave you awed by the immensity of geologic time and the silence of the wilderness. This is BIG COUNTRY and a geologist’s paradise. Many of our educational classes focus on this area. This stretch of river near Grand Junction, CO, can accommodate either a canoe trip or sea kayak trip.

Special Information

This canoe trip will coincide with the very beginning of the Perseid meteor shower. Don’t miss this opportunity to gaze at the heavens, watch the meteor shower & learn from Tito Salas, our astronomy expert from Fiske Planetarium. This will be Tito’s sixth year as trip instructor and our customers always rave about his knowledge of astronomy and his humor. Tito will also be giving a private lecture to trip participants and friends at the Fiske Planetarium on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder, CO, to help familiarize them with the skies. The free lecture at Fiske Planetarium is July 29, 2008, from 7:30 pm - 9 pm.