Pikes Peak River Runners

2008 Permit Planning

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Favorite Permit Pages | Big Bend | Cataract | Chama | Desolation | Dolores | Eagle | Grand Canyon | Green (Gates of Lodore)/Yampa | Gunnison Gorge | Idaho | North Platte | Rogue | Salt | San Juan | Taos | Upper Colorado | Westwater

Date Revised:  March 14, 2008

Favorite Permit Page links:

Floatable Rivers
Rivers Requiring a Permit
Western River Permits page
Whitewater Addiction River Permits page
All About Rivers Information page
Oregon Whitewater Club River Permits page
Pikes Peak River Runners River Permits page

 

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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.


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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:


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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. 


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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.

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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:


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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


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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:

 

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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.


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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. 

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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.


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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.

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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.


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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!


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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

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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. 


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  • River:   Upper Colorado
    State: CO
    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


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  • 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:


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