GLENWOOD SPRINGS – When a rafter dies, it affects the entire river-running community. But rafting companies in the region say commercial rafting on the Colorado River is safe, and their rafting guides ...

River rats from a recently sold rafting company in Aspen have decided to form their own raft and kayak outfit in time for summer. Jim Ingram, who was the river manager for Colorado Riff Raft before it ...

After two years at St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland, Peter Grubb decided that his real classroom was the outdoors. He dropped out of school and took a summer job as a whitewater-rafting guide ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Whitewater Express is a raft trip outfitter where roughly 50,000 people come each year to raft and zip-line, with 85% of those individuals traveling over an hour for the ...

ERWIN, Tenn. — When Amelia Taylor learned that whitewater outfitters near the Nolichucky River would remain closed this season, she had to figure out how to make up for the lost income. So she went ...

Local rafters are on their way to a yet-to-be-determined location to pit their paddling skills against the best in the world after winning the national championship in Cañon City last weekend. Four ...

It’s a question Zoe Allegretti gets asked quite a bit as a rafting guide in Glenwood Springs. On a busy summer day, the 27 year-old can paddle up to 27 miles along the Colorado River, at times ...

Mild to Wild Rafting & Jeep Tours announces its Colorado Raft Guide Training Course, running May 7 to 23. This 17-day course provides state-certified training for people seeking employment as raft ...

What’s not to love? You get paid to float a river, and vacation days offer climbing, hiking, kayaking, and mountain biking. Guides typically live in unsupervised, bacchanalian tent colonies, so ...

We are accepting 150-word essays with photos and/or videos of favorite hiking, camping, rafting, biking or climbing spots in the valley. So what do you like? What favorite spots and experiences are ...