Floating the Gunnison

[IntrepidXJ]

My first post in this forum :)

On Saturday I was invited by a friend at work to take his raft down the Gunnison River from Escalante to Bridgeport. He’s got a big trip on the Yampa in a few weeks and needed to get more practice on the water beforehand.

I didn’t end up bringing my camera on this trip, but my friend had his, and I ended up taking a bunch of photos with it for him. Here’s some of the pictures from our short day trip.

Andrew inflating his raft at the Escalante boat launch
http://myxj.net/g2/d/143659-2/5-09-09-gunnison_raft+001.jpg


The raft along the shore near a campsite we stopped to check out
http://myxj.net/g2/d/143671-2/5-09-09-gunnison_raft+005.jpg


Headed down the river
http://myxj.net/g2/d/143308-2/5-09-09-gunnison_raft+012.jpg


A coal train zipping by us
http://myxj.net/g2/d/143320-2/5-09-09-gunnison_raft+016.jpg


Great scenery
http://myxj.net/g2/d/143359-2/5-09-09-gunnison_raft+029.jpg


Andrew and Jim
http://myxj.net/g2/d/143368-2/5-09-09-gunnison_raft+032.jpg


I even took over for a little bit
http://myxj.net/g2/d/143389-2/5-09-09-gunnison_raft+039.jpg


http://myxj.net/g2/d/143443-2/5-09-09-gunnison_raft+057.jpg


http://myxj.net/g2/d/143461-2/5-09-09-gunnison_raft+063.jpg


An old cabin along the river
http://myxj.net/g2/d/143506-2/5-09-09-gunnison_raft+078.jpg


http://myxj.net/g2/d/143581-2/5-09-09-gunnison_raft+102.jpg


The new bridge at Bridgeport...
http://myxj.net/g2/d/143626-2/5-09-09-gunnison_raft+117.jpg


It was a nice relaxing day on the river and I managed to learn a lot, too. Looking forward to getting out on the local rivers some more!

[Alex]

Nice trip man! Your friend is going to LOVE Yampa, we just got off of it today. Had a blast, great flow this year, Yampa is peaking now.

[IntrepidXJ]

Nice trip man! Your friend is going to LOVE Yampa, we just got off of it today. Had a blast, great flow this year, Yampa is peaking now.

He's getting on the river on Friday for 5 days.......he's looking forward to it for sure

[Sombeech]

I think this is a cool shot


http://myxj.net/g2/d/143320-2/5-09-09-gunnison_raft+016.jpg

[accadacca]

Cool stuff! :popcorn:

[skyegod]

This is Andrew - the Friend :)
Sadly I did not get to go on the Yampa,
The trip leader, decided that with my lack of big water experience, and the extremely high flows, that I would be a danger to myself, and possibly others on the trip.

Oh well - Some other time - I am sure