Rating
Beginner
Minimum Age
18 years
Price
Adult: $166
Deposit: $100/person
Trip Itinerary
- Day 1: Meet your guide staff at the designated put-in at Loma, 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 sea kayak trips).
- Run a car shuttle to the Westwater Ranger Station take-out then return to put-in for 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 & 3: Time will be allotted between hiking and playing and helping to restore the environment with such projects as planting cottonwood trees, removing tamarsik trees, restoring campsites, etc. Depending on the needs, you may paddle down river to a second campsite.
- Day 4: 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 rapid (Class I). There may be an opportunity to float through Black Rocks enjoying the ride through the ripples and bubbles.
- You typically reach the Westwater Ranger Station takeout between 2-4 p.m. after lunch on the last day of the trip, allowing time to return home.
