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Rafting in the Rockies!

All Arkansas River Trips except:
Royal Gorge and Bighorn Sheep Canyon

Please arrive at least 30-45 minutes prior to departure time. This allows you time to check in, relax, and enjoy our complimentary breakfast before your trip leaves. Breakfast is available 7:30 am to 10:00 am.

Driving times to our Base
Denver 2½ hrs
Colorado Spgs. 2 hrs
Durango 4 hrs
Grand Junct. 4½ hrs
Vail 1¾ hrs
Fort Collins 3½ hrs
Aspen 1½ hrs
Breckenridge 1½ hrs
Departure Times
½ day Browns Canyon: 8:30 AM and 1:00 PM
1 day Browns Canyon: 9:30 AM
½ day Narrows: 9:00 AM
1 day Narrows Express: 9:00 AM
Multiday: 9:00 AM
1 day Numbers: 9:00 AM

WHERE TO MEET

We suggest you use a Colorado state map and plan for delays.

From Denver: Take Hwy. 285 South for about 2 ½ hours until you descend into the Arkansas River Valley just before Johnson Village and the town of Buena Vista (about 40 minutes past the town of Fairplay). Look for our mountain shaped sign on the north side of US Hwy 24/285, just east of the bridge over the Arkansas River.

From Vail, I-70 and Summit County: Take I-70 to Copper Mountain and exit onto CO Hwy. 91 South (Exit 195). Just north of Leadville, CO Hwy. 91 merges with US Hwy. 24. Continue through Leadville on US Hwy. 24 to the town of Buena Vista (about 1 hour south of I-70). Two miles south of the town of Buena Vista at the junction of US Hwy. 24 and US Hwy. 285, turn left. Drive less than 1 mile through Johnson Village and look for our mountain shaped sign on the north side of US Hwy 24/285, just east of the bridge over the Arkansas River.

From Colorado Springs: Take US Hwy. 24 west to the junction with US Hwy. 285 (about 1 ½ hours). Turn left and proceed south on Hwy. 285 to until you descend into the Arkansas River valley just before Johnson Village and the town of Buena Vista (about 20 minutes past the junction of US Hwy. 24 and US Hwy. 285). Look for our mountain shaped sign on the north side of US Hwy 24/285, just east of the bridge over the Arkansas River.

From Aspen: Take CO 82 east over Independence Pass to the junction of CO 82 and US Hwy. 24. Turn right and continue south to the town of Buena Vista (about 20 minutes). Two miles south of the town of Buena Vista at the junction of US Hwy. 24 and US Hwy. 285, turn left. Drive less than 1 mile through Johnson Village and look for our mountain shaped sign on the north side of US Hwy 24/285, just east of the bridge over the Arkansas River.

From Salida and all points South: From US Hwy. 50, turn north onto on US Hwy. 285 (five miles west of Salida and 60 miles east of Gunnison) in the town of Poncha Springs. Continue north to the junction of US Hwy. 285 and US Hwy. 24 just south of Buena Vista. Turn right onto US Hwy. 24/285 and drive less than 1 mile through Johnson Village and look for our mountain shaped sign on the north side of US Hwy 24/285, just east of the bridge over the Arkansas River. (About 30 minutes north of the junction of US Hwy. 50 and US Hwy. 285).


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