Canoeing the Colorado River!

[Wesley Boem]

A friend, her dog, an I are planning on canoeing the Colorado River from Colorado to California. Any advise or warnings?

 

[Kim Chee]

I'd get on google earth and look at the entire route. Pick out some good spots to camp.
Be safe and have fun.

 

[MFB]

Hate to be a naysayer, but unless ya have extensive experience I'd take a small trip, 100 miles of so and go from there. Thats a looooong trip youre planning.
Logistics are hell on canoe trips. Restocks are rarely convenient. Dog sounds like a bad idea. Alot of rafting/canoeing deaths this year in CO, everythings swelled up from a big winter.

Spend a couple days out and then go back to planning.
But that's just my opinion, and I've never planned a canoe trip of that length. If your successful post your knowledge so we can copy it.

 

[TheWindAndRain]

It can be done but there will be many, many obstacles to overcome, more than stp can tell you. I did about 50 miles on what i expected to be a very easy portion of the colorado river last march in a kayak and had to turn around halfway through because the winds were too intense to make it any further. And that was in a kayak; a canoe would be more difficult.

 

[Wesley Boem]

Thanks for all the advise. We'll see what happens, may just take a small trip and go from there. Get our feet wet and regroup.

 

[sucuri]

How'd it go? Isn't there some really wicked rapids on most of the Colorado?

 

[Wesley Boem]

Sorry, I've been inactive for awhile. We realized it was suicide, ended up getting a ride in an rv and rubber tramped around for awhile