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Your Colorado Rafting Adventures Await
Select a trip from our Colorado rafting adventures! If you don’t know where to start, generally a float trip or class III adventure series trips are great for beginner whitewater rafting in Colorado. For high adrenaline seekers with swimming ability or groups with previous experience, an Adrenaline Series trip for class 4 whitewater rafting in Colorado may suit you.
Whether you’re paddling hard through Numbers on the Arkansas River, traveling through the beautiful Browns Canyon rapids on the Ark, taking in the Upper Colorado, or embracing the Shoshone rapids on the Colorado River, river rafting 1-day or a half-day with us is an experience you’ll never forget. Trust Sage for the best whitewater rafting near Vail and Buena Vista.
All participants will be required to sign a Release Waiver prior your Colorado river expeditions. The release can be found on the footer of this website also. Enjoy prime rafting trips in Colorado with us!
What Rafting Location To Choose?
Vail Rafting
Experience world-class Vail rafting in the heart of Colorado’s majestic Rocky Mountains. Plunge through adrenaline-pumping Class III-IV whitewater as your raft surges down roaring rivers surrounded by towering peaks and pristine alpine scenery. When it comes to navigating Vail’s challenging rapids, nobody does it better than the seasoned guides at Sage Outdoor Adventures.
As Vail’s premier rafting outfitter, Sage provides the utmost in safety, top-notch equipment, and unmatched rapid knowledge. Their friendly, expert guides ensure an unforgettable adventure packed with big splashes, big thrills, and big memories you’ll be recounting for years to come.
Buena Vista Rafting
For an epic Colorado whitewater adventure, set your sights on the roaring Arkansas River in Buena Vista. Surrounded by towering 14,000-foot peaks, Buena Vista’s rafting provides breathtaking scenery to complement the wild rapids and non-stop splashes.
With everything from mild family floats to extreme Class V monsters, the Arkansas offers a perfect whitewater challenge for all ages and skill levels. When tackling these legendary rapids, put your rafting trip in the capable hands of Sage Outdoor Adventures. Sage’s highly-trained guides are seasoned Arkansas River experts who know every twist, turn, and hydraulic like the back of their paddle.
Thanks to Sage’s first-rate equipment and unmatched rapids expertise, you’ll experience the pinnacles of whitewater excitement and safety on your Buena Vista rafting adventure. All while creating lifelong memories in Colorado’s spectacular Collegiate Peaks region.
RAFTING PROTOCOL
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Sage ownership and senior staff have been running rivers commercially and recreationally for four decades. In fact, we opened commercial rafting on many rivers in Colorado and lead discovery expeditions in Canada to open large-scale rivers there for commercial rafting. When it comes to river rafting in Colorado our knowledge, training, and experience come together to allow us to offer prime whitewater rafting trips.
Through our experiences on rivers in our state and on many others around the world, we have found that the most important thing to realize is that we will never know everything about rivers. Our respect for the natural forces of these waters is greater than ever. We stand in awe on the river bank on a regular basis. To lose respect for the river is the highest act of arrogance.
Whether you’re a seasoned pro or a beginner, white water rafting in Colorado, or any state, can be dangerous. It is with a deep respect for the river that we approach all training exercises. All our guides are trained rigorously, specifically for the demands of commercial rafting. We adhere to and surpass the mandated state requirements for river guide training. For nearly half a century we have watched the river and what can happen while on it. Though we can’t predict the future, we guarantee that the procedures and processes we use on the water are of the highest level.
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Rapid ratings on the sections we run are set by the industry as a whole, not just one outfitter or one person. Also, some government agencies publish rapid ratings online and on riverside signs, such as Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area. American Whitewater is also a good standard for rapid classifications around the U.S.
You will see there is a notation on most all rapid ratings stating that these ratings “depend on water flows”. This is due to the fact that a rapid or section of a river can potentially get either harder or easier with elevated water flows. Some rapids will “wash out” at high flows, and be easier than at normal to lower flows due to obstructions (rocks) being covered up. Some rapids will get harder from elevated water flows due to pushier water, larger hydraulics, and more continuous current. These changing conditions can happen annually, daily, or even hourly, without warning, due to nature and its changing weather, elements, and awesomeness!
GET THE FACTS ABOUT YOUR ADVENTURE
Find the answers to frequently asked questions on Colorado river rafting with Sage, including the best time to raft in Colorado, what we provide, and more.