Safety First: How Echo Canyon Keeps You Safe While Whitewater Rafting

Here’s how Echo Canyon keeps you safe when whitewater rafting.

The phrase “whitewater rafting” is synonymous with high adventure. And as with any adventure of this kind—mountaineering, rock-climbing, backcountry skiing, etc.—there’s an element of danger that helps make the pursuit so tantalizing, not to mention intimidating. Whitewater rafting safety is of paramount importance, even as we recognize that this is an activity a wide array […]

The Rapids in Echo Canyon River Expeditions’ Bighorn Bighorn Sheep Canyon Route

Check out the rapids in Echo Canyon’s Bighorn Sheep Canyon Route.

While the Royal Gorge itself is the most all-around iconic of the trips we offer here at Echo Canyon River Expeditions, probably no itinerary is more popular than white water rafting Bighorn Sheep Canyon, just upriver of that famous chasm of the Arkansas River. That’s because it’s basically the “sweet spot” of Arkansas River rafting, […]

Colorado Rafting: 1-Day vs. Half-Day Trips

Choose between 1-day or half-day trips on your next Colorado rafting adventure.

Keen to enjoy some of the very best river rafting in Colorado with Echo Canyon? We’re glad to hear it! We’ve been leading guests down some of the most celebrated whitewater on the nationally renowned Arkansas River for decades, and experiencing these marvelous rapids and scenic vistas with new and returning rafters alike never gets […]

Best Rafting Trips for Large Groups with Echo Canyon

Must-try rafting adventures for large groups.

Whitewater rafting is, bar none, one of the very best outdoor adventures for a large group. The shared experience of running a whitewater river is one-of-a-kind, the sort of thing you and the rest of the gang will likely remember forever. At Echo Canyon River Expeditions, we offer some of the best group rafting trips […]