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Utah Rafting - the Best Way to Discover Utah
A Utah Rafting vacation is the best way to explore and discover the secrets of the southwest. The legendary Rocky Mountains and the geologic mystery of the Colorado Plateau make Utah's landscape a world class destination for discovery. The rivers that carve majesty out of this geographic mayhem are the stuff of legends themselves. The Green and Colorado Rivers combine where alpine mountains rise and red rock canyons plunge into a masterpiece of scenic and recreational splendor known as Moab. Known as the adventure capital of the west, Western River created the Moab Adventure Center as the central gathering place for all Utah Rafting adventures. Choose the Best Utah Rafting Adventure for you:The Colorado River flows west into Utah from the Colorado Rockies, plunging through the unique precambrian geology of Westwater Canyon with class III and IV rapids. Westwater Canyon was named "the west's best short whitewater trip" by National Geographic Adventurer. Your best introduction to rafting in Utah is where the river emerges into Castle Valley, just a few miles from Moab. The river slows from wild to mild to absorb the beauty of the LaSal mountains framed by Fisher Towers. Known to locals as "The Daily Stretch" this section affords a morning, afternoon or full day Moab rafting trip on milder class I and II rapids. Expect to get wet, either in the rapids, a sudden waterfight, or a nice swim in the pools between rapids. With Western, you'll enjoy an exclusive BBQ lunch at the majestic Red Cliffs Lodge. In Canyonlands National Park, two rivers converge and silently conspire to plunge river travellers into a place appropriately named Cataract Canyon. This is Utah rafting on big water. The Colorado River, bolstered by the Green River, forms some of the largest rapids in North America--comparable only to those of the Grand Canyon, further downstream. Cataract Canyon offers beautiful side canyon hiking destinations such as Indian Creek and Dark Canyon. Choose between a 2 Day Cataract Express trip or 4 Day Cataract Canyon rafting trip with other "Adventure Extensions" before or after your trip. Guests on the 4 Day Cataract Classic trip are flown from Lake Powell, where the rafting trip ends, over Canyonlands for an arial view of the canyons they just emerged from, and back to Moab for a restful evening in civilization once again. The best place to bring the family on a multi-day Utah rafting vacation is on a Green River rafting trip through Desolation Canyon. The Green River begins high in the Wind River Range of Wyoming and crashes into Utah's landscapes, bearing names as dramatic as their appearance: Flaming Gorge, Split Mountain, and The Gates of Lodore. Picking up speed and girth from lesser mountain streams, this Utah rafting trip offers a unique highway through a wilderness of exposed stone cliffs and lofty mountain vegetation. Desolation canyon, cutting deep into the high Tavaputs Plateau is less about desolation, and more about high wilderness. The Green River itself though, is playful and kid-friendly with milder class I-III rapids. The human history you'll encounter on a Utah Rafting trip through Desolation Canyon is as immense as the geography. |
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Green River Rafting trips in Desolation Canyon
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