Colorado River

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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 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 (Class I is easy and Class V is difficult). 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 life jacket past the remnants of ancient metamorphic rock, called Black Rock. Camping along the river’s banks and exploring a deep box canyon 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 trip will coincide with the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower in 2010.
• The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is co-sponsoring this trip. General public welcome.
• An interpreter from the Denver Museum will facilitate this trip, discussing astronomy and answering your questions as you watch the night sky on this learning adventure.