When to Try Whitewater Rafting Class V Rapids

For thrill-seekers, whitewater rafting reaches peak appeal at the Class V level: the biggest and gnarliest river-running, most adventurers should ever think about trying. Although we offer many placid, beginner- and kid-friendly rafting trips on the Arkansas River here at Echo Canyon, we also tackle Class V rapids during the seasonal high flow of early […]

Popular Beginner River Rafting Routes in Colorado

Colorado is one of the best states in the country—and one of the best places in the world, really—to go whitewater rafting. Here, where the Rocky Mountains reach their elevational apex, and where their foothills descend to the shortgrass vastness of the Great Plains on one side and the Colorado Plateau’s dazzling canyon and mesa […]

Differences Between Rafting Browns Canyon and Bighorn Sheep Canyon

The world-famous Royal Gorge isn’t the only spectacular Arkansas River chasm we guide rafters through here at Echo Canyon River Expeditions. Upstream of that 10-mile-long, 1,250-foot-deep gorge, you can enjoy some other incredible routes through monumental (and marvelously varied) terrain rich with wildlife. In today’s blog post, we’ll introduce you to two of the other […]