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Utah
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| Green (Dinosaur
NM) |
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Multiday
and one-day family raft trips through the spectacular canyons of
Dinosaur National Monument.
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| Green (Desolation) |
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Classic
multiday trip for anyone wanting a wilderness paddling experience
with superb southwest canyon scenery and easy whitewaters.
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| Colorado
(Horsethief / Ruby) |
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Great
scenic float trip for anyone wishing to enjoy a spectacular
sandstone river canyon, a desert environment, and very mild waters.
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Colorado
(Westwater) |
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A
premier one- or two-day big-water rafting experience in breathtaking
canyons of middle Colorado.
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| Colorado (Fisher Towers) |
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Easy
Introductory one- or two-day raft trip through scenic canyons near
Arches National Park just north of Moab.
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| Colorado (Cataract) |
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Great
multiday rafting experience from Canyonlands National Park to Lake
Powell featuring majestic canyons, Grand Canyon-size rapids, cliff
dwellings and ancient petroglyphs.
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| San
Juan |
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Final
stretches of river with unusual and colorful geologic formations,
Indian rock art, ancient ruins, and fossil outcrops, and easy
whitewaters can be enjoyed from one- to five-days.
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Arizona |
| Colorado (Grand Canyon) |
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Unquestionably,
one of the grandest multiday wilderness river experiences in the
world. Big whitewater, endless geology and intriguing side canyons.
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| Salt |
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Excellent
one- or multiday raft trips though scenic the Salt River Canyon
Wilderness in the Sonoran Desert east of Phoenix.
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| Verde |
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Early
year months are the ideal time for one- to five-day raft trips that
include both bird watching and relaxing in the Arizona sun.
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New Mexico |
| Rio
Chama |
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Multiday
trips through red and yellow sandstone canyons celebrated in the art
of Georgia O’Keeffe.
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| Rio
Grande (Taos Box) |
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One-
and two-day trips through the spectacular 800-foot deep lower Taos
Box is New Mexico’s wildest commercial whitewater ride.
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| Rio
Grande (Pilar/Racecourse) |
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Fairly
continuous, but not difficult Class II-III whitewater in a scenic
canyon south of Taos make the Pilar section a popular destination
for families and first-time rafters.
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Texas |
| Rio
Grande (Colorado Canyon) |
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Relatively
easy rafting trip that follows a very narrow course through Colorado
Canyon along the Texas/Mexico border just north of Big Bend National
Park.
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| Rio
Grande (Big Bend) |
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The
majestic canyons of Big Bend National Park provide the backdrop for
a numerous rafting opportunities ranging for one to ten days.
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America's
Southwest States—Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas—are
world-famous for their unsurpassed canyonland beauty. Today
whitewater rafting provides access to these sandstone canyons,
granite and basalt gorges, and arid deserts that previously could
only be seen from overlooks and aircraft. The Southwest's menu of
guided rafting adventures includes half-day, one-day and
multiday raft trips suitable for the adventurous and the timid, the
old and the young, and the disabled.
Utah's
whitewater rafting trips are found on the middle Colorado and two of
its tributaries: the Green and San Juan. Green River rafting trips
through Dinosaur National Monument and Desolation Canyon traverse
some of the most rugged and unusual landscape in the United States.
The Desolation-Gray canyons trip is a classic multiday trip for
anyone wanting superb scenery and nonintimidating whitewater. The
final stretches of the San Juan River, in southeast Utah, contain
unusual and colorful geologic formations and fairly easy rapids.
Middle
Colorado River outfitters offer one- and two-day trips through the
big waters of the impressive Westwater Canyon, popular one-day
family trips in the Professor Valley-Fisher Towers canyons adjacent
to Arches National Park, and multiday excursions through spectacular
Canyonlands National Park.
Arizona's
Grand Canyon of the Colorado rafting adventure is one of the
grandest wilderness river experiences the world. Some of the
Canyon's outfitters report that their trips are sold out a year or
more in advance.
Some
of the Southwest's lesser known rafting trips are in the semiarid
and arid rivers of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Central Arizona's
Salt and Verde offer late-winter and early-spring trips that often
coincide with northward bird migrations.
New
Mexico's three whitewater opportunities are located in the Wild and
Scenic canyons near the charming old western town of Taos. One is a
multiday trip through the Rio Chama's red and yellow sandstone
canyons celebrated in the art of Georgia O'Keeffe. The second
provides one- or two-day trips on the dynamic Class III-IV rapids of
the Rio Grande's 800-foot deep Taos Box. The third is the popular
family Rio Grande trip on Pilar, or Racecourse, section.
In
Texas, year-round rafting on the Rio Grande, through the towering
canyons of Big Bend National Park, is possible for nearly 300 miles
(480 km) along the United States-Mexico border.
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