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Saturday March 19: South Platte trip, Colorado
Dave Allured wrote: Hello boaters. Everyone is invited to the Fourth Annual South Platte River Joint Paddle Trip. This is a casual flat water day trip with two destinations at 9 and 14 river miles. The location is Evans to Kuner, southeast of Greeley, Colorado. We expect about 30 to 40 people. This event is hosted by Rocky Mountain Canoe Club, Poudre Paddlers Club, Rocky Mountain Sea Kayak Club, Canoe Colorado, Colorado White Water Association, and High Country River Rafters. For more details, please visit this website: http://www.rockymountaincanoeclub.org/2005/platte1.html --Dave A., Webmaster Rocky Mountain Canoe Club http://www.rockymountaincanoeclub.org/ 303-499-9466 Any trip reports on this S.Platte tour? Tnt |
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Tinkerntom wrote:
Any trip reports on this S.Platte tour? Tnt Well, I started at 6:30am just after sunrise from Kersey and paddled upstream. First few miles were quite chilly (~24F). I had to knock down a lot of ice from my decj before first dam portage. After 9.5 miles and 4.5 hour of paddling I reached Evans when paddlers from the club trip just started to paddle downriver. A variety of boats including canoes, sea kayaks, and different whitewater boats. I don't think that anybody realized that I had paddled the all way upstream ... After a short break and early lunch I paddled dowstream too and stayed with the group for a while. I left them at the second dam (lunch break) and finished my trip about 2pm at Kersey. Nice warm day and enough water for a good trip. However, I was too tired to really enjoy the downriver part of my trip. The upstream workout was great. I don't have good pictures from my trip (too busy paddling or too tired or too lousy light) but you can always check my photo reports from my previous paddling on South Platte River. http://users.frii.com/uliasz/wayfarer/southplatte.htm Three years ago I participated the same way in the first joint club trip but I was able to start from Mitani-Tokuyasu SWA, so I had to paddle only 7 miles upstream (that access point is closed this year till August). Marek http://www.MarekUliasz.com |
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