Ouray Canyoning Festival

Ouray Canyoning Festival The Ouray Canyon Club hosts this annual festival. Many events are being make possible by our sponsors. Thank them, support them! Incredible hiking.

Join us August 10 through August 14, 2022 for the 13 Annual Ouray Canyon Festival

Festival Central
Ouray Community Center, Ouray, CO, 81427 will serve as the central meeting location for this festival. This will be the place where we will congregate in the evenings to make plans for the next day, have access to sponsoring vendors, check out demo equipment, stage our festival dinner(s) and hold w

orkshops etc. Festival Events

Each day of the festival will include canyon trips, vendor displays of gear, gear raffles for registered rendezvous attendees, and social meet and greet activities. Courses and Workshops
Qualified Canyon Leaders will offer assorted workshops during the festival. Logistics

Camping
Free camping in the area is very limited. Eats and Sheets - There are numerous other hotel/motel options in town as well as restaurants and bars. Duckett's Market is a small but good grocery store that closes at 6 PM every day and is not open on Sunday's. There are two liquor stores in town. However, if you can't find what you are looking for it is only a 30 minute drive to Montrose for 24 hour groceries, fast food, Wal-Marts etc. Alternative Entertainment - The Ouray Hot Springs pool and spa, discount cards available. Great local rock climbing. Scenic drives etc. Please support Our Sponsors !!!!!!!

Registration for the festival is open and the dates are August 5-9This year we will be showing the movie Find Mor from
03/11/2026

Registration for the festival is open and the dates are August 5-9

This year we will be showing the movie Find Mor from

Thank you for another successful fest!
08/10/2025

Thank you for another successful fest!

We are just days away from the start of festival. Who is ready!
08/03/2025

We are just days away from the start of festival. Who is ready!

07/27/2025
07/05/2025
The Ouray Canyon Club was out with some new canyoners in Angel and Portland today
06/30/2025

The Ouray Canyon Club was out with some new canyoners in Angel and Portland today

06/19/2025

An urgent call to action for all canyoneers, it is time to gather together, get on our phones, and call our Senators.

Senate Republicans have drafted a budget bill that designates 250 million acres of our public land as eligible for sale. The bill would mandate the sale of 2-3 million of those acres within a 5-year period. Take note…hundreds, probably thousands, of canyons are located on lands going up for grabs with the proposed bill being voted on.

Map of areas proposed for sale off:

https://outdooralliance.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=f79f69111f844dd2be659da8ce0f4b6e

This budget bill isn’t just about gutting access to our public lands, but it also will affect our shared, collective environment. It allows fast track access to fracking, logging, oil and gas exploration and uranium mining even close to our National Parks, Monuments, and Wilderness. This bill will also allow developers to bypass critical environmental review of projects and public input by simply paying a fee. This bill rescinds funding for trails, conservation, and so much more.

This is the tip of the iceberg. Canyoneers, it is time to get on our phones and flood our Senators with phone calls.

Flood the phones! Make our voices heard. Say no to taking our public lands away from us and into the hands of the highest bidders who want to capitalize off our environment.

Script Idea:
Hello, my name is (insert name), and I am a canyoneer from (insert state). Selling off our public lands for housing and development doesn’t solve a crisis for those in need; it sells our future to the highest bidder. Keep America Free and Wild! Let us roam on our public lands; we own these lands as a collective community, and once this act is done, it cannot be undone. As a canyoneer, American, and collective owner of these public lands, we ask you to vote NO to the upcoming bill. Keep public land in public hands.

You can locate your senator's phone, email, and mailing address by following this link: https://www.congress.gov/members?q=%7B%22congress%22%3A119%7D

There is no time to waste; flood the phones. Call, email, and do it again. If this bill passes, the sale of this land is irreversible. Take time today to save our land together.

Photo thanks to Rachel Ross.

03/15/2025

2025 Festival Registration is open!

10/07/2024

Howdy folks!

If you're a technical canyoneer and want to learn more about staying safe in Class C canyon environments, join the Coalition of American Canyoneers on Zoom for free to learn more:
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Hazards of Canyoning In Swift Water Environments
Thursday October 10 at 6pm Pacific / 9pm East Coast

The Coalition of American Canyoneers invites you to a free Zoom event to learn to recognize the hazards of canyoning in swift water (Class C) environments.

It’s been a tragic year for fatalities in canyons with running water. Looking back even further over the last 10 years, there have been repeated canyon fatalities associated with swift water. There are few class C canyons on the Colorado Plateau, and as a result, most local canyoneers have little experience in recognizing the hazards of canyoning in swift water environments. This Zoom event is designed to educate the community to recognize these hazards so dangerous situations can be avoided. As always, professional training is strongly suggested if you decide to recreate in Class C canyons.

Please join Andrew Humphreys of V7 Academy and Brent Roth of Kraken Whitewater, two seasoned Class C canyon instructors, to learn how to spot hazards in Class C canyon environments on a free Zoom hosted by the Coalition of American Canyoneers. Everyone is welcome but capacity is limited to the first 100 people to join.

Thursday October 10 at 6pm Pacific / 9pm East Coast

Zoom Invite:

Coalition of American Canyoneers is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Hazards of Canyoning In Swift Water Environments
Time: Oct 10, 2024 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
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Thanks to Ouray Trail Group for all that they do to keep the trails in such great shape!
10/04/2024

Thanks to Ouray Trail Group for all that they do to keep the trails in such great shape!

09/24/2024

Back In The Day: Middle Echo WAS a fun, scenic, straightforward ‘beginner’ canyon when accessed from the Weeping Rock Shuttle stop. That trail has been closed for a while, and will for another long while. Middle Echo is now accessed from the top, from Stave Springs trailhead, and should not Tom....

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Join us August 14 through August 18, 2019 for the tenth Annual Ouray Canyon Festival. Festival Central: Ouray Community Center, Ouray, CO, 81427 will serve as the central meeting location for this festival. This will be the place where we will congregate in the evenings to make plans for the next day, have access to sponsoring vendors, check out demo equipment, stage our festival dinner and hold workshops etc. Festival Events: Each day of the festival will include canyon trips, vendor displays of gear, gear raffles for registered rendezvous attendees, and social meet and greet activities. Many events are being made possible by our sponsors. Thank them, support them! Courses and Workshops: Qualified Canyon Leaders may offer assorted workshops during the festival. Main Street, Ouray: Free camping in the area is very limited. There are a number of campgrounds with minimal fees such as Amphitheater and Angel Creek Campground. In addition to camping, Ouray Hostel is a great option for canyoners. If you are looking for shower facilities you can visit the Ouray Hot Springs Pool - showers use cost approximately $3, but if you pay to visit the Ouray Hot Springs pool you have use of the facilities! Discounted entry cards for the Ouray Hot Springs Pool are available to purchase in the evenings at the Ouray Community Center (during the festival). There are numerous other hotel/motel options in town with facilities should you decide not to camp. Duckett's Market is a small but good grocery store that closes at 8pm every day and is usually open 12pm - 5pm on Sunday's. There is a liquor store on Main St, plus four breweries and a distillery in Ouray. If you can't find what you are looking for Montrose is only a 45 minute drive for 24 hour groceries, fast food, Wal-Marts etc. But we’d love it if you can support local and help our Main St businesses thrive! Please support Our Sponsors !!!!!!!

Learn more at: https://www.meetup.com/ouray-canyon-festival/ https://www.ouraycanyonfestival.org/