188-mile raft float down the rapids of the Colorado River, in the Grand Canyon. “Could be just an expensive ticket to Water World,” my friend warned. He was wrong. We camped in cathedrals of ...

or even the Grand Canyon? How about Oregon? That’s right — reachable from Bend in about four to five hours, you can find High Desert mesas, perfumed sagebrush and rushing rapids in Oregon’s ...

I learned this (occasionally the hard way) last fall during 21 days of rafting the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon with seven friends. There are a lot of different ways you can do a river ...

Virtually every single rafting guide I’ve ever had from Wyoming to West Virginia has told me that the stretch of the Colorado River that runs through the Grand Canyon is the most sought-after ...

The author traveled on a 16-day rafting expedition down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon and spent time at the oars learning to row. (Courtesy Samuel Streeter) Then it was onward down ...

Grand Canyon National Park has some ... Just a fraction of visitors bother to descend into the canyon itself, which means it’s easy to find solitude. But with 595 miles of established trails ...

The Grand Canyon ... s deepest river gorge, this canyon’s rugged cliffs and the Snake River running below create jaw-dropping views and thrilling rafting and hiking opportunities Hells Canyon ...

It’s a hot and beautiful summer day at the bottom of the Grand Canyon as I stand in line for a sandwich. Our rafting guides have ... This couldn’t have been easy, as their headquarters is ...