Shoshone NYD 2019- The First Day of the New Paddling Season! by Holcombe Family | Jan 14, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, United States, WhitewaterNYD-Shoshone 2019 My wife Kathy keeps telling me this is ridiculous. We are driving away from the winter paddling Mecca of the South Eastern US to the frozen river winter wasteland of Colorado to go kayaking on New Years Day. Now I know exactly what I’ve gotten myself...
Shoshone New Years Day Paddle 2019 by kelloggfamily | Jan 3, 2019 | River Running, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesEvery 1st of January a bunch of nuts that love white water all meet up at noon to paddle the Shoshone rapids of the Colorado River. Some years are warmer than other years but nobody lets the cold stop them from starting the New Year off right. A few days before the...
Shoshone New Years Day-The first day of the next paddling season by Holcombe Family | Jan 4, 2018 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Family Zone, Internationalisation, River Running, United States, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesAfter a lovely Christmas spent with family in Oklahoma, it was time to decide where to spend the winter. That is the best and worst part of life on the road: choosing where to go when absolutely anywhere is a possibility. The sensible thing would be to head back to...
Shoshone NYD 2017- A New Year of Paddling in Colorado by Holcombe Family | Jan 5, 2017 | 2015 Zen, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, Internationalisation, River Running, rivers, United States, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesThere is a really amazing tradition in Colorado. Every New Years Day a gathering of the most passionate paddlers in the rocky mountain region converge on the Shoshone section of the Colorado River. This section has the most consistent flows of un-frozen whitewater in...
A Chilly New Year Day Paddle with a 9 Year Old Kayaker! by kelloggfamily | Jan 3, 2017 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Family Zone, River Running, rivers, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW DisciplinesEvery year since I was really little, my family has paddled the Shoshone section of the Colorado River on New Years Day. Last year was my sister,Maddy’s, first trip down when she was 10 and this year I got to do it at 9. Everyone said I was the youngest paddler...
New Years Day on Shoshone: The First Day of the New Paddling Season by Holcombe Family | Jan 3, 2014 | WhitewaterNo one thinks of Colorado as a winter paddling destination. But every New Years Day a growing group of very inspired paddlers meets at high noon to paddle on the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon on the Shoshone section. This tradition has been going on for a long...
The First Day of the New Paddling Season by Holcombe Family | Jan 3, 2013 | WhitewaterWe get lots of weird looks driving west on I-70 with five kayaks on the roof of my truck. Many of the other vehicles have skis and snowboards and are headed to one of the many world class ski resorts Colorado is famous for. But this New Years Day we are headed to...
