COLORADO'S RAFTING SEASON NEARS
When it comes to rafting in Colorado, choose your own speed. Enjoy a sunny morning lazily drifting along a calm waterway, or spend it energetically paddling, getting soaked by rapids, dipping past boulders and rolling over thrilling drop-offs.
Imagine yourself enjoying one of these rafting experiences:
• Fly-fishing down sections of river while aboard a guided raft
• Floating with your family over slow-rolling waters
• Shooting a string of whitewater rapids as your adrenaline works overtime
• Watching for wildlife as you float along riverbanks
• Rafting and camping along Colorado’s rivers on a multi-day trip
When To Go
As long as the weather is warm and the water level is high, you can go rafting. River levels are generally at raft-ready depths from May through late August. As a general rule, the earlier in the season the swifter the river. As the season progresses, river levels quickly increase, plateau, then decrease with autumn.
Hiring a Raft Guide
Hiring a guide company to ferry you down the river is easy. All guides listed on Colorado.com are state-certified outfitters and have exceptional safety records. Colorado's rafting companies are professional, friendly and knowledgeable.
Search here for a complete list of rafting guides.
Where to Go
A number of regions in Colorado have whitewater rafting opportunities. Among the more popular rafting towns are Glenwood Springs, Salida, Buena Vista, Cañon City, Steamboat Springs, Vail, Breckenridge, Fort Collins, Winter Park, Dinosaur and Grand Junction, among others. Chances are good that no matter where you spend your Colorado vacation, there's a rafting company only a short drive away.
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