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News Apr 10, 2008: We had very low attendance tonight but a few hardy souls showed up. We talked about snowpack, river flows, May trips (likely Taos Box) and plans for Memorial weekend and the summer. Nick, Keith, Pete and I shared our Salt trip adventures and photos with those that attended. The next meeting is May 15, at Famous Dave's. |
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Mar 13, 2008: We had a great time discussing western snowpack (=great runoff) and upcoming trips. Upcoming trips include the Salt, Taos, Westwater, likely Dolores, Gates of Lodore, Arkansas, Middle Fork of the Salmon and numerous Grand trips. This could be one of those "perfect seasons". We also adjusted the 2008 Calendar meetings and Arkansas club weekend dates a bit. Since we got so many permits, we adjusted our Westwater plan for July 2008. Our club weekend dates were moved from the original Fibark weekend of June 14/15 to June 21/22 because we'll be in Idaho through Fibark weekend. We also had to change the location of the joint club river weekend (HCRR, PPWC, Colorado Whitewater) because Jim Pike's land is not available this summer. We shifted the location to Chalk Creek Campground- check out the details at our 2008 Calendar page. I know everyone is excited to run Taos and the Ark when they come up. Our next meeting is at South Side Johnny's in Colorado Springs on Apr 10. FYI- if you come to club meetings you get invited on trips! Aug 9th, 2007: We enjoyed a fun BBQ at Anne Pierce's home on Thursday, Aug 9th where we watched photos from recent trips (Gates of Lodore, Idaho (Middle Fork), new Africa photos and Sweden photos. We plan on having an informal club meeting at La Unica on Sept 21 or 22 to share Grand photos and dinner. I'll post a firmed up date sometime in Mid-Sept on the discussion group. July 13, 2007: We had a fun meeting at La Unica. Lots of planning discussion about the upcoming Gates of Lodore trip. Forgot to bring our Westwater photos. The next meeting is hosted at Anne Pierce's home on Thursday, Aug 9th, bring your own drinks and a dish to share. Details on the Calendar page. Hope to see you there, don't forget to bring your favorite photos! June/July, 2007: Wow, we had a great time on the joint club weekend - posted photos on the discussion group Joint club weekend 2007 Photos page. Enjoyed a Westwater trip July 1-3. Ran trips in the Gorge, Numbers and in Browns on the weekend of June 23rd. Next meeting is at La Unica on July 11. Hope to see you there, we'll bring photos. May 9, 2007: Enjoyed a new meeting location at Famous Dave's on the north end of Colorado Springs. Had a new club member come down from Denver. We shared a trip report from the recent double Westwater trips May 4 and 6. Westwater trip was fun, weather was awful (cold, rain, hail and snow on the way home), flow was great, drive home epic! Discussed upcoming Taos Box plans for wekeend of May 19/20 and Middle Fork trip at the end of May (and associated log jam speculation). Next meeting is on June 16-17 weekend- note details below or on the Calendar page for details. Updated club roster on the discussion group files. Best of all, Beth Roren came to the club meeting and brought new babies Katie and Hunter. They all look great and it's wonderful to see the babies plump and healthy. A pure delight to see Dave Wimmer rocking away with Katie. We missed hearing about Dave Sample's recent Grand trip and will look forward to a trip report from him in the near future. April 11, 2007: Enjoyed catching up with boaters and their trips. Got trip reports from the following trips; Taos Box runs, Diamond down, upcoming end of April Grand trips, upcoming plans to run Westwater. Next meeting is on May 9 at Famous Dave's BBQ (north end of Colorado Springs) click on Calendar page for details. Confirmed joint club trip for weekend of June 16/17 on the Arkansas (see info below). Updated club roster on the discussion group files. March 14, 2007: Enjoyed a fun spring meeting at La Unica, lots of river trip plans and some permits discussed. Salt permit for April 4th- flow isn't cooperating. However, Taos came up quickly so plans were made to boat there. See March 17, 2007 Taos weekend trip pictures at the Photos section on the discussion group page - sunny day, great flow, cold water. New club list uploaded to discussion group in Files section. Next meeting on April 11, at The Depot, click on Calendar page for details. Check out our Taos Box page for weekend plans. Noted adequate flows at Westwater however not much enthusiasm for lower flows combined with cool temps. Many plan to save Westwater for a warm summer trip. December 2, 2006 Permit Party: Despite the snowstorm and slick roads we had a good turnout. Barb made great green chili and we enjoyed watching DVD's from recent Africa, Grand trips. We brought a new DVD- Feeding the Dragon- of boating adventures in Idaho and the Grand. Cascade Outfitters sells it, it's good but relatively short ~30 minutes? Decided to schedule 2007 meetings on 2nd Wed of the month. We are open to new meeting locations, if you have suggestions send them to Christina King. October, 2006: Enjoyed looking at Africa (Zambezi), Grand and Selway trip pictures at the Photo party. Don't forget about the annual Permit Party on December 2, 2006 Aug 2, 2006: We had a great time at the Aug club meeting/BBQ thanks to Beth and Eric. Enjoyed looking at the recent Green trip pictures and hearing about everyone's summer adventures. July 14, 2006: Cancelled the Sept meeting/BBQ and moved it to Aug 2 at (6 pm). Beth and Eric Roren are hosting a club BBQ/potluck at their new home on Aug 2 at 6 pm. Bring an appetizer, side dish/dessert, your own beverage and river chair. I'll bring some hamburgers, Beth is will provide bratwursts and she will also make sure to have condiments. Join us to check out their new home, celebrate the end of the club meeting season for the summer and meet other boaters. Be sure to bring your favorite photos, stories and boating videos. Directions to Beth and Eric's: 470 Hidden Road, Colorado Springs, CO 719-592-1729 home phone. Email Beth to RSVP at beth.roren@quantum.com From Hwy 25
July 5, 2006: Only 6 of us at this meeting at La Unica. Holiday week and a drenching storm served to make it a small meeting. However, we had a great Westwater club trip over the July 4 weekend. Pat let us know that the Upper Colorado trip wasn't going to happen but showed off a picture of her new trailer. Added club BBQ photos to Yahoo discussion group Photos section. June 24/25, 2006: We enjoyed a great weekend club collaboration/boating event. HCRR and CWWA clubs joined our club for a weekend of boating on the Arkansas. Jim Pike hosted all the club members for camping and a BBQ on his property adjacent to Ruby Mountain. We had so much fun, I anticipate a repeat next summer if Jim will host us again. Next meeting is July 5 at La Unica- 7 pm. May 3, 2006: I can tell everyone is getting spring fever by the number of club attendees at our meeting this month. Discussed upcoming river plans- updated the list below, snowpack levels and river cleanup event. The next meeting is not until June 24 to be held at Ruby Mountain near Buena Vista on a weekend. May 1, 2006: Brandy was adopted! April 5, 2006: We had a fun meeting at Giuseppe's Depot with lots of trips discussed. Added more planned club trips (Green River/Gates of Lodore) to the river trip calendar below. Changed the June meeting date and location to Ruby Mountain (see below or Calendar page for details). Added a Sept meeting date/location to a potluck/bbq at Beth & Eric's new home (details to be coming). Next meeting is at on May 3, 2006 at Jose Muldoon's. Anne our soft-hearted club vet let us know about a great River dog (Brandy) that needs adopting. March 1, 2006: Our first meeting of the year at La Unica had a great turnout. Everyone is in the trip planning mode in anticipation of a good year. Added some planned club trips to the river trip calendar below. Next meeting is at on April 5, 2006. Dec 10, 2005: We had a great DO Cookoff and Permit Planning party. I've updated the permit plans we have for 2006 on the Permit Planning page. Congratulations to Keith Fuqua (Lasagna), Jeff & Karen Hodge (Jalepeno Cornbread) and Christina King (Monkey bread) for winning the donated DO books for their tasty entries. Also thanks to Down River (our website sponsor), 4 Corners and NRS for donating the prizes to our DO Cookoff club event. The food brought by everyone was delicious (spicy Thai soup, Green chili, pies, cookies, fudge, etc...). We set the meeting calendar for 2006, kept the 1st Wed of the month. Sept 12, 2005: Postponed DO Cookoff event to Dec 10 Permit Party. Sept 3, 2005: Finalized plans for the Sept 17 Dutch Oven Cook-off and potluck. August 3, 2005: We
met at Front Range BBQ in Colorado Springs on Aug 3 despite the torrential downpour of
rain (yippee) and enjoyed a fun club meeting watching the rain fall and eating BBQ on our
covered porch. Ann, Joe, Jack, Wendy and Keith gave us updates from recent Main
Salmon, Gates of Lodore and Westwater trips. Note to campers/boaters: Don't
use white gas to get charcoal going! http://www.rapidpulse.com/gore/05_info.htm Upcoming river trips: Plans are in the works for duckying the Numbers this weekend (Aug 6 and/or 7) and duckying the upper Taos Box (involves backpacking/hiking your ducky in quite a ways). Contact jack @ firstcapitalmortgage.net for more info. Talk about boating in Mexico this winter as well. Email Jack also. July 6, 2005:
This past month has been one river trip after another with Pikes
Peak River Runners club members. We've got club members boating on the Poudre, North
Platte, Arkansas, Grand Canyon, Selway, Gates of Lodore, South Fork of the Payette, Boise
River, Main Salmon, Upper Colorado, Taylor River and Taos Box. Quite a selection of
western rivers! We shared some pictures and trip reports.
http://www.pprr.org/Stories/RiverStories.htm . Upcoming July trips include
Westwater and Gates of Lodore. Contact Jack at jack@firstcapitalmortgage.net if you
are interested in joining any trips.
June 1, 2005: The Pikes Peak River Runners club meeting last night at Old Chicago was fun. We shared trip reports from recent trips to Taos Box, Dolores, San Juan, Pecos River, Grand Canyon and Gates of Lodore (story and photos to be posted in the near future). Enjoyed photos from the San Juan and Gates of Lodore trips. We also discussed the drastic drop in flows on many of the western rivers during the last couple of days from this past week/weekend highs. Club member plans for the near future include;
Meeting locations: shifted next month’s meeting to La Unica at 3317 W. Colorado Ave, 633-7499. Plan on moving the club potluck to the September meeting date. Looking for location ideas for the August meeting location. Next meeting is July 6, 2005 (7 pm) at La Unica in just north of the Safeway on West Colorado Ave in Colorado Springs. May 4, 2005: Lots of plans for Taos Box most weekends until Memorial weekend. In April, a large group of us went to see the Imax Mystery of the Nile movie. It was a wonderful film. We highly recommend it. Pat Nolan gave us a San Juan trip report from a recent club trip. Lots of club members have Idaho, Grand, Taos, San Juan and other river trips planned during the next few months. Might be a bit quiet in Colorado as club members go to other rivers in our western region. Next meeting is June 1, 2005 at Old Chicago's restaurant in downtown Colorado Springs. April 6, 2005: Great new meeting location (Giuseppe's). Keith and Dave Sample briefed the group about our recent Salt trip. Dave Wimmer shared his April 2 Westwater trip with the group (river was running 4,000 cfs) and enjoyed the nice weather. Dave's group has an interesting run/flip at Westwater's Sock it to Me rapid but all ended up fine. Planned a group trip to Denver to see the Imax Mystery of the Nile movie. Dave Sample is planning a trip to Taos April 9/10 weekend, HCRR is planning a trip to Taos as well April 16th weekend. Dolores is running, operating flow plan is at this link. Pat Nolan should have the Pikes Peak River Runners cookbook printed by April 18th. Pat Nolan will bring them to the next meeting or you can contact her to arrange picking your copy up. Lots of discussion about upcoming Grand trips by club members. Next meeting is May 4, 2005. March 2, 2005: Great first meeting of the year. Previewed new Pikes Peak River Runners Cookbook (on For Sale page). Talked about upcoming San Juan and Salt trips, heard about Dave's Christmas Grand trip, planned Taos Box trips for April/May timeframe. Dec 24, 2004: Big Bend trip is cancelled due to marginal weather forecast and low flows. December 11, 2004 (Permit Party): We had a great time at the permit party. We firmed up the permit application and trip plans for 2005. I posted the 2005 meeting dates on the website as well. Pat Nolan is looking for more recipes to include in our cookbook. Photos with dutch ovens in them are especially welcome. Pat also needs lunch, dessert and appetizer recipes. Several people are interested in the Big Bend trip (see below). We are in standby to see what the flow does. On Dec 12, the flow is at 4.8 feet which is about 380 cfs. Let the King's know if you are interested in the trip. We'll make a go/no go decision around Dec 27th. Sept 2, 2004: Last meeting of the year until Dec Permit Party. Trip reports by Schneiders on last weekends Gates of Lodore trip. Nice weather, easy to get cancellations, good water- releasing from Flaming Gorge. Mid Aug Rio Chama was cancelled due to non-confirmed flow releases. Turns out the BLM released 600 cfs but the group went and did Parkdale on the Ark instead and had a great time. Alaska Tatshenshini river update: Bill and Irene's Alaska adventures include a member of their group breaking their arm at the put-in. The rest of group continued the Tat river trip and had a good time. The Cooke's are really enjoying their long (almost 8 week) trip in Alaska. Haines has been their favorite town with the Chilkoot trail the most challenging backpack trip. Several of us enjoyed attending Beth and Eric's August wedding. Plans for next year include rotating different meeting locations. Suggestions included; South Side Johnnies, Phantom Canyon, The Depot, BBQ potluck (Aug or Sept) at Bear Creek Regional Park (including a dutch oven class?), ??? send us your suggestions for other locations. We had a couple of new members show up tonight. Pat Nolan's friend Gordon volunteered to present a river slide show at our Permit party. Of course, we encourage everyone to bring photos and videos of their river (or other outdoor) adventures to the Permit Party. Barb again volunteered to host the annual early Dec Permit Party (date TBD). Upcoming trips: Labor Day weekend on the Blue. Contact Dave Sample asap if you want to go to get the details. August ?: Westwater trip report by Keith Fuqua and Pete. Upcoming Rio Chama plans were discussed as well. Sorry, I forgot to take notes. July 1: We had a great meeting in the back room at Johnny's. Dave and Keith brought their laptops and showed off their recent Grand and Idaho trip photos. Karen gave us a link to her Middle Fork photos. We also distributed FREE Leave No Trace river corridor boat tags and coupons from Down River, our sponsor. Upcoming Rio Chama and Westwater plans were discussed as well. June 23: Next meeting on July 1 is at South Side Johnny's. A new location for us. We'll hear Middle Fork of the Salmon and Main Salmon trip reports. We have some new Free Leave No Trace River Corridor cards to give away and coupons to Down River Equipment Company. I'll bring some new photos from Seidel's on the Arkansas. Hope to see you there. May 6 meeting in Woodland Park: Suggestion was made to have remaining 2004 meetings in Colorado Springs. Will update the calendar to try this suggestion. River cleanup news May 15! March 15, 2004 update from March 4 meeting: We met at Zak's on a snowy, dark, and slick-road night. We had very few attendees but those that did attend proved to be hard core boaters. You have seen some trips posted but mainly we talked about permits and those that have them. Hint: It's extremely helpful to attend a meeting if you want to be asked to join a trip. One major decision we made on March 4, is that Ralph Hofffman is the 2004 groover officer, now all he has to do is pull a permit and ask us! We decided to abandon the Big Bend trip idea for March as many of us are on the Salt during the next few weeks. The Salt River flow is up and looks good. I have updated both the club meeting calendar and the river trip calendar below. Big News: Used boat sale and swap at Down River Equipment (our website sponsor) on March 26-28. Call Down River to find out the details. Also, we have planned a Colorado Springs Pikes Peak River Runners swap/sell event at the April 8th meeting in Colorado Springs. Bring your used gear and try to sell /swap it. The April 8th meeting will start at 6 pm rather than 7 pm to see all of the gear! |
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