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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. 9 months after ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most folks don’t have a prayer of keeping up with Mike Reid and the rest of the Behind the Eight Ball rafting team when they’re racing. But sign up for a river trip with his outfit, Timberline Tours, ...