- Headwaters
Section I: Headwaters
On June 15, we will begin our journey in Rocky Mountain National Park on foot. The first five days will be spent exploring some of the major trans-basin diversion projects around the park, photographing the alpine highlands, and interviewing experts on the area. When we find enough water to float our packrafts, we will begin to paddle downstream towards the Class V whitewater of Gore Canyon and the scenic flatwater canyons below.
| Day | Date | Location |
| 1 | 6/15/2012 | Rocky Mountain Nat’l Park |
| 2 | 6/16/2012 | Rocky Mountain Nat’l Park |
| 3 | 6/17/2012 | Rocky Mountain Nat’l Park |
| 4 | 6/18/2012 | Rocky Mountain Nat’l Park |
| 5 | 6/19/2012 | Rocky Mountain Nat’l Park |
| 6 | 6/20/2012 | Grand Lake |
| 7 | 6/21/2012 | Below Grand Lake |
| 8 | 6/22/2012 | Byers Canyon |
| 9 | 6/23/2012 | Byers Canyon |
| 10 | 6/24/2012 | To Kremmling |
| 11 | 6/25/2012 | Gore Canyon |
| 12 | 6/26/2012 | Pumphouse |
| 13 | 6/27/2012 | To State Bridge |
| 14 | 6/28/2012 | Burns Hole |
| 15 | 6/29/2012 | Burns Hole |
| 16 | 6/30/2012 | Burns Canyon |
| 17 | 7/1/2012 | Burns Canyon |
Section II: Along the I-70 Corridor
Surfer at the Kayak Park in Glenwood Springs, Colo.
Once we reach the confluence with the Eagle River near Dotsero, Colorado, we will follow Interstate-70 for more than 100 miles. This section of river will take us through the rapids of Glenwood Canyon, the manmade kayak park in Glenwood Springs, the hotspot of natural gas drilling around the Roan Plateau, and through the city of Grand Junction.
| Day | Date | Location |
| 18 | 7/2/2012 | Dotsero/Barrel Springs |
| 19 | 7/3/2012 | Shoshone to Glenwood |
| 20 | 7/4/2012 | Playboat Glenwood |
| 21 | 7/5/2012 | Glenwood to DeBeque |
| 22 | 7/6/2012 | Glenwood to DeBeque |
| 23 | 7/7/2012 | Glenwood to DeBeque |
| 24 | 7/8/2012 | Glenwood to DeBeque |
| 25 | 7/9/2012 | DeBeque Canyon |
| 26 | 7/10/2012 | DeBeque Canyon |
| 27 | 7/11/2012 | Through Grand Junction |
| 28 | 7/12/2012 | Fruita |
Section III: The Desert Canyons
Near the confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers
After Frutia, Colorado, the river passes into the wild sandstone country of Horsethief, Ruby and Westwater Canyons. Following a brief roadside section above Moab, Utah, the river winds its way deep into the folds of the Colorado Plateau and plunges into the roaring whitewater of Cataract Canyon. A week on the wilderness river of Canyonlands National Park will be followed by six days crossing Lake Powell, the largest reservoir in the Upper Colorado Basin.
| Day | Date | Location |
| 29 | 7/13/2012 | Put On Ruby/Horsethief |
| 30 | 7/14/2012 | Ruby/Horsethief |
| 31 | 7/15/2012 | Ruby/Horsethief |
| 32 | 7/16/2012 | Westwater |
| 33 | 7/17/2012 | Westwater |
| 34 | 7/18/2012 | Past Dolores Confluence |
| 35 | 7/19/2012 | Moab Daily |
| 36 | 7/20/2012 | Moab |
| 37 | 7/21/2012 | Potash |
| 38 | 7/22/2012 | Cataract Put In |
| 39 | 7/23/2012 | Cataract |
| 40 | 7/24/2012 | Cataract |
| 41 | 7/25/2012 | Cataract |
| 42 | 7/26/2012 | Cataract |
| 43 | 7/27/2012 | Cataract |
| 44 | 7/28/2012 | Cataract |
| 45 | 7/29/2012 | Cataract |
| 46 | 7/30/2012 | Lake Powell |
| 47 | 7/31/2012 | Lake Powell |
| 48 | 8/1/2012 | Lake Powell |
| 49 | 8/2/2012 | Lake Powell |
| 50 | 8/3/2012 | Lake Powell |
| 51 | 8/4/2012 | Lake Powell |
| 52 | 8/5/2012 | Lee’s Ferry |
Comments
What a brilliant expedition…now more than ever. The climate change has forced the Colo River flow to historic lows with little spring runoff…….hope the spring rains come for you.