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Hi all! I grew up kayaking in the southeast and after a long hiatus (3 kids and 10 years later) I would love to find a group of boaters in the Denver and/or Vail area to paddle with during the week or on weekends this summer. Upper Colorado is definitely my speed (class II and III). I recently...

Houdē all y'all! Planning on sending my first Westwater trip around the last week in March. Which gauge am I looking for to check flows through the canyon? The state-line gauge? seems kinda far out, huh? Curious to what cfs I can expect this time of year. Tips welcome: The Plan is to camp two...

I reserved Mee Corner(awesome) campsite for Friday August 20th in Ruby, but couldn’t get a Saturday night down river. Our group will probably be less than 7. Is there anyone that may want to team up and share sites? I have Friday covered at Mee Corner, maybe you have Saturday down river?-...

Rafted Shoshone on a 16' Cataraft on June 27th, and it was flowing a hair under 1600 CFS. Would love to do it again but I remember either tombstone or man-eater I believe that made for a "tight" squeeze at that level. Curious as to what you all think about running it at 1220 CFS in the 16' Cat...

GCPBA sent a May 25, 2021 letter reiterating our opposition to the Navajo Nation’s proposal to construct docks for commercial purposes on the South shore of the Colorado River, 1-2 miles downstream from Lee’s Ferry. The letter is posted on our webpage (http://gcpba.org). Here’s a synopsis: By...

Not sure where I set it down, but I lost my dog's e-collar remote while on the water Saturday 5/30. It's black/white colored and round with a lanyard. It's $90 to replace the remote, wondering if anyone picked it up? Probably left it on the bank near the Cottonwood Bend campsite somewhere.

Western rivers use clarification RRFW Riverwire - Colorado River COVID-19 Update April 20, 2020 The following is a list of closures and restrictions on the major river sections of the Colorado River basin. Grand Canyon National Park is closed and all river trips on the Colorado River in the...

For anyone following big-picture Colorado River water issues, this is a good blog post on why the states are having a difficult time moving to more sensible water management arrangements. tragedy of the anticommons So with each of the states having veto power, and their own entrenched...

This is an October 25, 2019, update from Heather Patno at Glen Canyon Dam. The release volume from Glen Canyon Dam for November, 2019, will be 625,000 acre-feet. Hourly releases during weekdays in November will fluctuate from a low of approximately 7,020 cfs during the early morning hours to a...

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This is a September 27, 2019, update from Heather Patno at Glen Canyon Dam. The release volume from Glen Canyon Dam for October, 2019, will be 625,000 acre-feet. Hourly releases during weekdays in October will fluctuate from a low of approximately 6,740 cfs during the early morning hours to a...

Hey High Jim. This is a long shot, but here goes. We’re floating RH on Sat and Sun. We have some out of town family that want to join last minute. That will put us over our limit at Salt Creek 2 camp and I’m looking to trade for a larger occupancy camp. We could call into the GJ Field office...

Hi everyone, Everyone is invited to join Canyonlands Field Institute's annual Colorado River Cleanup on the Moab Daily this September 7. We will be providing lunch, shuttle, pfd's and rigs for the float. Our other partners include BLM & DNR who will also be bringing boats. We will be...

Helicopter operations for Xcel Energy electric transmission line work in the Glenwood Canyon is expected to begin as early as Mon., July 15 and continue through October. This work will require periodic road closures and rolling road blocks along parts of I-70 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m...

Lost a Blue Carlisle Oar on Moab Daily 5/13. Bummed due to losing the brand new counterweight I had just put on it, which most likely caused it to sink. (9 seven oh)406-2161

Hello, So...I used to have a copy of the second edition of Colorado Rivers and Creeks but it went missing during my whitewater hiatus in the mid 2000's and I've really missed having a catch all book for local Colorado runs. Both that book and Whitewater of the Southern Rockies are long out of...

I will be dumping here on this thread basin forecasts generated from data provide by the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center. The graphs detail the flow of the last 10 days and the forecast flow of the next ten days. Also included are past precipitation and future forecast of precipitation...

BLM releases proposed plan for Upper Colorado River KREMMLING, Colo. – Today the Bureau of Land Management released a preliminary plan for public review designed to better manage about 40 miles of the Upper Colorado River between Parshall and State Bridge. The BLM is updating the Recreation...