Colorado River School

A Little Bit About Us

Colorado River School (CRS) is a 501c3 that provides transformative growth through whitewater kayaking and outdoor recreation, education, and adventure.

We seek to change lives through instructor-directed outdoor experiential education. By giving students tools designed to encourage them to push their comforts and overcome obstacles, Colorado River School offers people a chance for change within themselves and their lives, while also providing them with technical hard skills in paddlesports and other outdoor pursuits. CRS offers professional training and job opportunities to graduates so they can take part in changing lives of others.

CRS was born out of work conducted by founders Lyle Phetteplace and Katie Crites through Renaissance Adventure Guides. Lyle and Katie saw the personal growth and self-empowerment of individuals who learned to kayak. They wanted to continue working with groups who have not had access to the required equipment, permits, and insurance necessary for learning to kayak. Thus, CRS was born in 2017 to help serve the community’s needs

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WhiteWater Wednesdays

10 week program

This program is designed to educate and involve City of Sheridan residents and other users on the South Platte in safe, affordable, and fun water activities. The 10 week program meets Wednesday evenings and run until dark. The first course taken by participants will be a river safety class taught by ACA certified instructors. Participants who model effective safety techniques have the potential to receive a certification of completion in river safety and rescue from our instructors.

Once students have received the initial river safety lesson, instructors will teach boogie boarding, tubing, stand up paddleboarding, river surfing, and kayaking. Activities will be offered at River Run Park, located between the City of Englewood and the City of Sheridan.

What We
Love About
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The South Platte River is one of the many special features in the CIty of Sheridan. We love the education, safety and confidence that Colorado River school gives our participants to recreate, play and explore our rivers in a safe way through all the water activities they offer!

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Connect with Colorado River School

We offer a variety of programming geared towards group, whether you’re looking for team building, healing trauma, or rapid growth, we have a program for your group. We’d love to hear from you!

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