Gunnison River

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Trip Overview

Join Doug and Sue Phillips, owners of the Plum Creek Winery in Palisade, Colorado, for a delightful weekend of wine tasting and education. Plum Creek is Colorado’s most award-winning winery and has received over 325 awards. They continue to excel in international, national and regional competition. During Happy Hour and the evening meal, they will feature their favorites and explain which wines compliment which foods. Adults only.

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!

Special Information

• This is a Denver Museum of Nature & Science sponsored trip. General public welcome.
• Denver Museum trip facilitator, Bridget Coughlin, will also be providing discussions on food and your health on this learning adventure. See her bio.