Yampa River 5 day report [PICS & VIDEOS]

Alex's connections shone down upon me once again as he scored some spots on the Yampa River in Colorado for last week. We were on the river for 5 days, with 25 of us. It was without incident, things went great.

Out of the 5 days, we only saw another group of people on the 4th and 5th day. :2thumbs:

Wednesday - drive and camp at the launch
Thursday - raft to Ponderosa campground
Friday - raft to Harding's Hole campground, do a cool day hike to an overlook
Saturday - short hike up to a cool cave, Warm Springs rapid, raft to Box Elder camp (maybe Jones Hole, I forget), Campaoke singing along to iPod
Sunday - raft and take a day hike at Echo Boat Ramp to a sweet crack in the rock & petroglyphs, raft again to Island Park camp
Monday - raft to the take out, drive home

Hold on to yer shorts, here's a bunch of video and pictures from the trip....

various Yampa River footage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LQtAIusTeQ


Scott, Alex, and I running Warm Springs Rapid for the first time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIPUfjF0AR8


Me, joining the Paddle Boat chaos on Warm Springs Rapid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciUnN58kRlM


Row Row Row Your Boat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ1rGfjDxwQ


Alex needs to practice with his hat a little more

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvwDXGPPzLI


Campaoke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz2Tx7qlBfk


Another group from Salt Lake City that we ran into

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wqU4AGDIcY




Our group on the Warm Springs rapid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER94mE2F_Cc


Paddleboat getting owned by kids on raft. LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLLWLMoyO68


Camping life on the Yampa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cayj-nKp7s



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Sweet! You forgot to label all the pics though... Looks like a great trip. One of these days, I gotta try a rafting trip. Very cool.

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Originally Posted by Cirrus2000

Sweet! You forgot to label all the pics though...

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Maybe tomorrow. :haha:

you all can just kiss my ass......b/c this looks like WAY too much fun and I'm jealous. haha!! awesome trip ya'll!! hey Alex- those Krav classes are doing the body well. :2thumbs:

insane jealousy. very cool. :2thumbs:

So why didn't you pick me up while you were packing Alex's truck. :ne_nau:

I was just around the corner 500ft.

Thanks everybody, it was awesome. I've got to get around to labeling those photos, maybe tonight. Seeing the confluence of the Green and Yampa was cool.

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Originally Posted by trackrunner

So why didn't you pick me up while you were packing Alex's truck. :ne_nau:

I was just around the corner 500ft.

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That's my truck actually, but if you can get access to a boat, you should join Alex this weekend on Westwater, should be raging. :2thumbs:

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Originally Posted by Sombeech

That's my truck actually :2thumbs:

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Yes I know. I mis wrote the words. Ment pack up the the truck at Alex's house.

It is all fun and games until the bottlecap pops into your eye!

Beware sharp edges!

Epic trip.

Epic paddler fail coming soon... :haha:

Looks like a blast! Now pamper your wives so they let you go next time it comes up.

I just added 3 more videos










http://antimarc.flashrapid.com/spaptions/MOAR.jpg

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Originally Posted by Jaxx

Looks like a blast! Now pamper your wives so they let you go next time it comes up.

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Done, going this weekend, then the next :2thumbs:

To Alex, Justin and Scott... I hate your guts. :frustrated:



James

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To Alex, Justin and Scott... I hate your guts. :frustrated:
James

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:cry: :hippy:

Your photos are awesome and getting me more and more excited about getting on the river. This is our first trip on the Yampa and was wondering if you could help us out. We put in on the 19th of June for 4 nights. Could you suggest some side hikes for us? The last I looked the photos weren't labeled so wondering if you can help out. Thanks.

We didn't do many hikes. Harding Hole has a nice hike to the top of the cliff. Then across the river from the camp site is a nice hike to the cave. Other than that, we stopped at the creek by the hatchery and some of the guys walked up to the creek. We didn't do the 4 mile hike to the trout hatchery.

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Originally Posted by Boatermom

Could you suggest some side hikes for us? The last I looked the photos weren't labeled so wondering if you can help out. Thanks.

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Sorry, I never got around to labeling all of the pics, I'm lazy.

But Harding Hole has a cool hike that takes you to the overlook of the camp.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2435/...d37cc214_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3343/...ffff2c89_o.jpg



And then right across the river from camp was this cavern:


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2465/...97ff9159_o.jpg





And then I believe it was the Echo boat ramp, right after the confluence where we pulled over and went to Whispering Cave:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3314/...b86ecd85_o.jpg

And then... honestly.

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And then... honestly.

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who throws a shoe?


http://www.problogger.net/wp-content...08/08/mojo.jpg

Thanks for the input. Maybe I should pick up a book as well that marks out hikes for us. It looks like you all had a great time and I can't wait to get there. Thanks again.

Yampa is awesome :2thumbs:

Great whitewater, awesome geology and good time.

Have fun!