Colorado River

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Trip Itinerary

• Day 1: Meet your guide staff at the designated put-in in Fruita, CO, just west of Grand Junction and enjoy a continental breakfast before packing your dry bags and loading the gear in the canoes (or in the raft on the sea kayaking trips).


• Your guide staff will present the safety talk and paddling instructions before launching. Shortly after launching, you will begin paddling past the towering red sandstone walls of Horsethief Canyon.


• Paddle downriver until approximately noon and enjoy lunch on the river’s edge maybe catching a glimpse of an eagle or a desert sheep.


• After lunch, continue paddling and having water fights until roughly 3 p.m. and make camp near the ancient walls of Mee Canyon (depending on campsite availability).


• Late afternoon on the first day is devoted to setting up your tent and possibly taking a short hike, relaxing, playing, or floating in the river.


• Happy Hour begins at 5:30 p.m. and shrimp, cheese, crackers and wine are served.


• Dinner is served around 7 p.m. followed by campfire activities that may include games, singing, western tall tales, or guitar playing.


• Day 2:  The middle day will often be a layover day devoted to hiking the canyons, playing in the river, and/or relaxing in camp.  Many times lunches will be packed for the hike where you can explore multi-million year old canyons. However, your guides may choose to move downriver on the second day. Factors that influence this decision are weather, pace of the group, campsite availability, etc.


• Day 3: You will break down camp after a hearty breakfast and paddle through the majestic Ruby Canyon and Black Rocks known to have 2 billion year old rock formations and a small, easy rapid (Class I).


• You typically reach the Westwater Ranger Station takeout between 2-4 p.m. after lunch on the last day of the trip. A shuttle bus will take you, along with your gear, back to the put-in where you left your car. You can then start your return journey home.