Hi everyone! I am looking for a relatively easy 1 day trip in the Denver area for some non-paddlers, and a good outfitter to go with it- I would prefer double sea kayaks- but canoes would work. Any ideas? Thanks! Kenny *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I paddle rather north of Denver but you can check my website for some ideas about flat water paddling in Colorado, reports, pictures, video clips and links to local paddling clubs: http://www.frii.com/~uliasz/wayfarer There are not really many flatwater rivers in CO on this side of the mountains: South Platte below Denver and perhaps, Arkansas River above Lake Pueblo. There are many reservoirs: check Colorado State Parks. Marek *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Kenny Sturgeon wrote: >I am looking for a relatively easy 1 day trip in the Denver area for some >non-paddlers, and a good outfitter to go with it- I would prefer double sea >kayaks- but canoes would work. Any ideas? Here are several sources of info: 1) Try Renaissance Adventure Guides (http://www.raguides.com/). While these folks don't list any Colorado-based trips on their web site, they are based in Golden, CO (just outside of Denver). They do list sea kayak clinics on Chatfield Reservoir (http://www.parks.state.co.us/chatfield/index.asp) 2) There are several paddling clubs that run trips and have information on paddling locations in the Front Range area: Rocky Mountain Sea Kayak Club (http://www.rmskc.org/), Rocky Mountain Canoe Club (http://www.rockymountaincanoeclub.org/), and the Poudre Paddlers (http://www.poudrepaddlers.org/). The RMSKC website has a forum where you could post a request for information (http://www.rmskc.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl) 3) Several of the local paddle sport shops cater to the sea kayaking/canoeing crowd: Canoe Colorado (http://www.canoecolorado.com/), Confluence Kayaks (http://www.confluencekayaks.com/), The Mountain Shop (http://www.themountainshop.com/), Boulder Outdoor Center (http://www.boc123.com), and Colorado Kayak (http://www.coloradokayak.com/). I know that Eric Nye (eric_at_canoecolorado.com) runs multi-day sea kayak trips and provides lessons. Several of these shops rent sea kayaks and/or canoes. 4) Subscribe and then post your question to the Colorado Paddling Resource mailing list (http://www.dotzen.org/paddler/cpr/cpr-mail.html) Brian Curtiss RMSKC *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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