Thu - February 7, 2008

10 Easy River Trips in the Mountains, Canyons and Plains of Colorado



Colorado River Gunnison River

A few years ago I found this book or rather a 60 page pamphlet written 30 years ago by Earl Perry, a past Park Ranger for Dinosaur National Park in Utah: Rivers of Colorado: Ten Easy River Trips in the Mountains, Canyons, and Plains of Colorado. $3.95. Well, it was 1978.

It covers the 10 definitive canoe and sea kayak trips in Colorado:

  1. South Platte near Greeley
  2. Yampa near Craig
  3. Colorado, Horsethief and Ruby Canyon
  4. Gunnison below Delta
  5. Colorado near Rifle
  6. Arkansas near Florence
  7. Animas above and below Durango
  8. South Platte through Denver
  9. Rio Grande near Creede
  10. Dolores above Gateway
Of course, during 30 years, a lot has changed including river access and water conditions, but this book still gives you some great ideas where to paddle in Colorado. River descriptions are combined with geological, historical, environmental, and practical information such as a river navigation and Colorado water law. It is a great read even if do not run rivers.

The book is difficult to find, but used copies appear time to time on Amazon.com.

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