With Major John Wesley Powell's birthday quickly approaching on March 24th, I have been thinking about his journeys and what I would ask him, if I had the chance. I guess one question I would ask would be, “If you could travel down the Colorado River...
Read More » »This story actually begins 11 years ago when my 78 year old father
and 51 year old brother took this same trip. They came back
so excited that I knew my wife and I had to go some time.
Well, we have now experienced the most exhilarating and...Read More » »
This promises to be one of the top 10 best high water years on record for the Colorado River System. This is especially true for Utah’s Green River. For raft enthusiasts and whitewater adrenaline junkies 2011 is THE year to book a river trip...
Read More » »If you are interested in river rafting adventure, you will probably
enjoy a book I read recently about the John Wesley Powell
Expedition. Powell and his crew were the first to take boats all
the way through the canyons of the Green River and Colorado...
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It's true, the Grand Canyon trips are
all booked for the 2011 season. However, as we're telling all
of our interested inquiries, Western River has several other great
rafting trips in Utah and Idaho. A great trip this year is going to
be the...Read More » »April 14, 2011 - We've had some questions lately about how the
snowpack in the Colorado River Basin will effect the
rafting season this year. To help understand the significance of
the current Colorado River Basin Snowpack and how it will affect
our...Read More » »
Western has been
working for some years, in cojunction with the National Park
Service, local universities and other outfitters, to come up with a
more "green" way of propelling the large pontoon rafts down the
Colorado River in Grand Canyon. Western...Read More » »Moab, Utah is a wonderful surprise if you have never been
there. Western River Expeditions offers so many wonderful
activities, everything from whitewater rafting to hot air balloon
rides. Also, it is so close to Arches National Park...Read More » »
With the new flight service from Las Vegas to Moab, Utah available
now through Great Lakes Aviation we expect to have many more guests
wanting to come to this Southeastern town to do multi-day
whitewater rafting tours as well as all of the other...Read More » »
This time of year when our Grand Canyon rafting tours are nearly
booked, we take the opportunity to introduce our potential guests
to another very popular rafting/adventure destination in Moab,
Utah. This southeastern Utah town is the gateway...Read More » »
In a recent email I was asked about exciting (but safe) family
rafting adventures for a young family of 5 and I knew that what
Western River has the trip for this family!
Western has some great family rafting adventure tours. If you are looking for...Read More » »
Western has some great family rafting adventure tours. If you are looking for...Read More » »
If you are looking for a 2 day rafting trip, I would suggest
one out of Moab, UT. Western River Expeditions has a
whitewater rafting option on the Colorado River with the Cataract
Express river adventure. This is 100 miles of the
Colorado River...
Every
year, thousands of people travel to Utah's Green River for White
Water Rafting. Desolation Canyon is the most remote and
pristine of all the stretches that get rafted along the Green
River. Recently, the push to find more domestic sources...Read More » »
In 2007 I met a friend who told me he'd been on this life-changing trip rafting down the Colorado River. I was in the mood for some life changing, so after hearing tales of Lava and Hance and "riding on the front" I signed up with Western River...Read More » »
Sad to reach the end but ready to return again.
Robin Hauner
Find contentment on a white water rafting trip with Western River
Experience rafting adventures on the Green River, Colorado River, Snake River, Salmon River
Kendall-Anne Parrish on her first taste of the rapids of the Green Riverin June, 2009. Kendall kept notes about the trip the entire way and loved her guide, Becky. She still talks about her. I am giving you full rights to this photograph - use it...Read More » »
2008 was my 50th birthday and I convinced my wife and two daughters to share an adventure of a lifetime on the Colorado River. This picture is unusual as it is not one of the river or canyon. I wanted to share our admiration for the 4 excellent...Read More » »
I have many beautiful pictures of the scenery on the Green River and Grand Canyon trips. Those kind of static photos could have come from anyone's trip, but the ones that are really special bring back memories of the people we traveled with. This...Read More » »
I took this picture July of 2010 when we rafted Desolation Canyon on the Green River. After doing it the year before, I returned once again to experience the majesty and beauty of the Green River. Sleeping outside under a blanket of never ending...Read More » »
My wife Carol and I celebrated our 30 year wedding anniversary on the awesome 4 Day Cataract Canyon tour with Western River. We loved everything about the trip. The Colorado and Green rivers were amazing and the scenery was overwhelming. Swimming and...Read More » »
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