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Rating
Beginner & Intermediate
Minimum Age
6 years
Price
Adult: $80
Kids 6 - 12: $70
Deposit
$80/adult and $70/Kid (6-12)
Trip Overview
Our Peach ‘n Paddle weekend gives you the best of both worlds in western Colorado. Combine a one-day canoe trip with a pure slice of Americana at the Palisade Peach Festival, running Thursday - Sunday, August 14-17, 2008. Enjoy a serene canoe trip on the river Saturday, August 16, 2008, and only 40 minutes away you can visit the Peach Festival either before or after your river adventure. And don’t forget to purchase a box of fresh, sweet peaches to take home!
The Palisade Peach Festival offers self-guided tours of the area’s fruit stands and wineries, historical tours of downtown Palisade, self-guided bike tours, Orchard and Farm Tours, and Tucan Coffee’s Roastery Tours. Friday evening kicks off the Peach Festival at Riverbend Park, complete with more than one hundred vendors and continuous entertainment. A highlight of Friday evening will be the Peach Festival fireworks. Area hotels fill up fast so make your reservations soon.
Colorado canoeing on the Gunnison River will spark your sense of adventure with opportunities for hiking and exploring, floating in your lifejacket and camping along the river’s edge. During this Colorado canoe trip, you will be dwarfed by high walls of red sandstone and shale deposited during the age of the dinosaurs. These canyons in the Colorado Plateau are truly magnificent and not soon forgotten. Massive cottonwoods stand on many river bends supporting the huge nests of blue herons, hawks and eagles. You may hike into Dominguez Canyon, a Wilderness Study Area, one of the most beautiful stops on the river. Hiking into the canyon will reveal deep, cool swimming holes, waterfalls and many ancient Indian petroglyphs (rock art panels). 1-day trips are 15 miles, 2 and 3-day trips are 31 miles, and 4 or 5-day trips are 42 miles. So canoe in Colorado on the Gunnison River with us!
