2008 Permit Planning
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Date Revised: March 14, 2008
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River: Big Bend, Rio
Grande
State: TX
Permit required: No
Permit Application/Info: NA
Managing Agency Contact Link:
NPS, River Flows
Email: NA
Date/s applied for- 1st Week of
April - backup for a Salt River trip.
Misc info: See Big Bend Trip Planning
page for details.
River: Cataract
Canyon, Colorado River
State: UT
Permit required: Yes
Permit Application/Info:
Managing Agency Contact Link:
NPS, 8am -12 pm, M-F 435-259-4351
Email:
Office
Date/s applied for- including year reference: Could be a good backup
trip for the Salt (if it doesn't run). Call in is relatively easy to
get. Early April, not too hot, no bugs.
Misc info:
River: Chama River
State: NM
Permit required: Yes, lottery application
Permit Application/Info: Call or write for a paper permit application form
Managing Agency Contact Link:
BLM, river flow 888-882-6188
Email:
Date/s applied for- including year reference:
NA
Misc info:
Interested individuals should call Pat Rael, river permit
specialist, at 505-751-4731 or 888-882-6188 to reserve a launch date
(Sunday - Thursday). Need to request a paper permit application for
Friday and Saturday launches (2 day trip). Very dependent on dam
releases, not runnable a majority of the year.
River: Desolation/Gray
Canyon, Green River
State: UT
Permit required: Yes
Permit Application/Info: New call in system, call up to 5 months before your desired launch
date to
claim a permit by checking this 2008 calendar, M-F 8am-12 noon
only.
Managing Agency Contact Link:
BLM, 435-636-3622
Email:
NA
Date/s applied for- including year reference:
Misc info:
Could be a good Spring trip but flows are low then.
River: Dolores River
State: CO
Permit required: No
Permit Application/Info: NA
Managing Agency Contact Link:
BLM 970-882-6817
Email:
River Ranger email
Date/s applied for- including year reference: Memorial Weekend May
24-26, 2008; backup for a Memorial weekend trip if runnable.
Misc info:
River: Eagle River
State: CO
Permit required: No
Permit Application/Info: NA
Managing Agency
Contact Link:
BLM
Email: NA
Date/s applied for- including year reference:
When it's high enough to run
Misc info: Day trips on the weekend
River: Grand Canyon, Colorado River
State: AZ
Permit required: Yes
Permit Application/Info: New Weighted Lottery
system
Managing Agency Contact Link: NPS, 800-959-9164
Email:
River Office
Date/s applied for- including year reference: NA
Misc info:
River: Green River
(Gates of Lodore) or Yampa River
State: CO/UT - Dinosaur National Monument
Permit required: Yes, lottery application, due by Feb 1st
Permit
Application/Info:
Managing Agency Contact Link:
NPS, 970-374-2468 (8 am - 12 noon M-F only)
Email: NA
Date/s applied for- including year reference:
Tuesday, Memorial Weekend, May 28, 2008 Yampa River trip.
Misc info: Only allowed to select one river and one date.
Back up plan- go for Green cancellation for July 17,
18, 19 , 2008 timeframe.
River: Gunnison River
(Gunny Gorge)
State: CO
Permit required: No
Permit Application/Info: NA
Managing Agency Contact Link:
BLM, May-Sept 970-240-5312
Email: NA
Date/s applied for- including year reference:
When it's runnable
Misc info:
Typically a weekend trip (overnight), hike down into gorge is tough, use horse
packers! Best to use paddleboat or duckies or kayaks.
Dave Wimmer has contact info on
horsepackers/logistics.
River: Idaho (Middle Fork
of the Salmon, Main Salmon, Snake & Selway Rivers)
State: ID
Permit required: Yes, 4 Rivers lottery application, due by Jan 31st
Permit Application/Info: see application for telephone numbers and
check out the
new online permit application system!
Managing Agency Contact Link:
Forest Service
Email:
Middle Fork River Manager
Date/s applied for- including year reference:
Applied for Middle Fork June 4, 5, 16 & 17, 2008
Misc info: One lottery system for all 4 rivers. Can only
select a total of 4 dates for any combination of rivers.
Matched to fit a May 28-June 1, 2008 Yampa trip.
River: North Platte
(Upper Northgate Canyon)
State: WY
Permit required: No
Permit Application/Info: NA
Managing Agency
Contact Link:
Forest Service 307-326-5258
Email: NA
Date/s applied for- including year reference:
When it runs, typically late May-early June
Misc info:
Weekend trip (overnight), don't use the first takeout (awful steep uphill
hike out). Back up for a Memorial weekend trip.
River: Rogue River
State: OR
Permit required: Yes, lottery, due every January 31st
Permit Application/Info:
Managing Agency Contact Link:
BLM 541-479-3735
Email:
Date/s applied for- including year reference: NA
Misc info:
Contact for
Dave Wimmer more
information about application dates.
River: Salt River
State: AZ
Permit required: Yes, lottery, due every January 15th
Permit Application/Info:
Managing Agency Contact Link: Forest Service,
928-402-6236
Email:
Don Sullivan River Ranger
Date/s applied for- including year reference:
Entry
Date: April 1, 2, 3, 2008-only need these dates for the permit application
Exit Date: April 3, 4, 5, 2008
Misc info: Snowpack dependant- may not run every year,
$10/ application fee, $125 permit fee to be paid 21
days before your date!
River: San Juan
State: UT
Permit required: Yes
Permit Application/Info: Call
435-587-1544
for a paper application
Managing Agency Contact Link:
BLM
Email:
NA
Date/s applied for- including year reference: Early May? or a Fall
trip (Patti Meyer interested in
a Sept/Oct trip).
Misc
info: 2000 cfs
minimum,
Flow information link
River: Taos Box, Rio Grande
State: NM
Permit required: No
Permit Application/Info: NA
Managing Agency Contact Link:
BLM, River Flow 888-882-6188
Email: Mark Sundin
Date/s applied for-
Club Weekend May 17-18, 2008
Misc info: Jeff Hodge, trip
leader
Glenwood Canyon could be an excellent backup trip
for this weekend if Taos Box is too low to run.
Permit required: No
Permit Application/Info: NA
Managing Agency Contact Link: BLM
Email: NA
Date/s applied for- including year reference: Runnable most times of the year
Misc info: Day or overnight trips on the weekend
River: Westwater
Canyon, Colorado River
State: UT
Permit required: Yes
Permit Application/Info:
Call in system: Call in 2 months before your
desired launch date to
claim
a permit by checking this 2008 calendar when it is up on the website. Monday - Friday 8 am to 12
noon only!
Managing Agency Contact Link:
BLM, 435-259-7012
Email:
River Office
Date/s applied for- including year reference:
1st Choice Dates: July 26,
2008 (call in May 27, 2008 Tuesday after Memorial day Monday, at 8 am)
Misc info: