Glenwood Canyon Rafting

Awesome. My family came out to CO and we wanted to take them white water rafting. This place was great. Our guide Ben was wicked entertaining. We saw a bunch of animals and got soaked. We had a nice mix of lazy river and rapids. Good times. Would definitely drive the hour+ to get here to raft with them again. Glenwood Springs is beautiful.

I was part of a small group that did a full day trip with Glenwood Canyon Rafting last Saturday. Although I’d been canoeing in whitewater rivers many times I hadn’t ever been rafting, not sure why it just hadn’t worked out.
After arriving in the morning we were outfitted with PFD’s and helmets, then given a good talk about safety. Next we jumped on a bus headed up Glenwood Canyon to the Shoshone exit, about 10 miles up river from where we started. By far, the best part of the day was the first half hour or so. Lots of action right from the jump, and lots of me wandering why in the hell I hadn’t done this before! There was a good deal of paddling to do in that first part, but it was way more fun than effort.
Since we only had 5 in our group we were able to go out on the 14 footer instead of one of the bigger 16 foot rafts like the others on our bus. This let us go through a couple things they couldn’t, and overall offered a little more exciting ride.
After the first bit it was mostly a float trip with only a few spots for paddling. This allowed our great guide Otto to regale us with tales about the river, the area around it, and the people that work on it. Along with a few other choice stories that you’ll have to get from him sometime, if you’re lucky enough to get him as your guide too.
After 10 miles on the river we arrived back to the boathouse and had lunch, which comes with the full day trip. It was WAY better than anyone in our group thought it would be. Burgers, hot dogs, chicken, and pulled pork with all the fixin’s. Water and lemonade were included but if you wanted a pop or a beer they had them available for purchase inside.
After lunch it was back on the river for a very chill 7 miles of mostly floating. The only wrinkle we hit was some fairly hard rainfall, which did soak us pretty good but didn’t dampen our experience one bit.

Definitely a fan. Everyone at GCR was friendly and knowledgeable. Our guide, Otto, was way cool — totally engaging and fun.
We did the full day trip — lunch was awesome and even though I accidentally hijacked our guide’s lemonade he let me back in the boat :)
It wasn’t too «rapid-​y» when we went, but it was August and toward the end of the season. There were still some class IIIs that were pretty good. Everyone had a great time and our one first-​time rafter felt super safe.
I’d recommend these guys for sure.

Glenwood Canyon Rafting, was great they worked with our large group in one boat and did a wonderful job. Even though the Shoshoni rapids were still closed the rest of the trip was a lot of fun and had a little bit of adventure for a teenage kids. Our guide Logan was the best, if I went back I want him to lead it again.