Grand Canyon River Guides Association

Rafting grand canyon we are the sixteen official concessioners of the national park service authorized to provide professional guided river trips through the grand canyon national park.

Grand canyon river guides association. I wish it never ended. Grand canyon river guides is a passionate association of folks who know and love the grand canyon like no other. If you are seeking a professionally guided river trip through the grand canyon this is the right place. It went by so fast too.

Our 16 professional river outfitters are the only commercial rafting companies authorized by the national park service with concession contracts to provide multi day back country guided whitewater rafting trips in grand canyon. The primary focus is to hone interpretive training in the cultural natural and human history of grand canyon plus relevant resource management issues. He began college around 1968 but soon dropped out after he was offered a job as a motorman a rubber raft guide for ted hatch in the grand canyon. This is the list of grand canyon rafting companies ready to serve you.

He was soon after hired by grand canyon dories. Kenton grua was born and raised in vernal utah. There were so many highlights from the river guides stories little colorado river being so blue the stars at night so bright the moon at night the critters the hikes were amazing the waterfalls the other customers the food the good times at night. If you have the desire to travel through the grand canyon via water there is a grand canyon river rafting trip for you.

Many grand canyon river rafting trips depart by van from flagstaff or las vegas and put in at points like lees ferry located about 2 1 2 hours from. Other grand canyon river rafting trips take on the class 5 rapids head on. Grand canyon river guides inc founded in 1988 is unique in that it provides a collective voice for river guides and river runners to. This was 14 days of pure joy and adventure.

We offer both a land session open to the public and a river session for working guides and trainees. I couldn t have asked for a better time. Grand canyon area map there is only one way to cross the colorado river by automobile and that is 137 miles 231 km from the south rim village at marble canyon az via the navajo bridge a few miles downstream from lees ferry where the canyon is only 400 feet 122 m wide. Grand canyon river guides flagstaff arizona.

Some of us are guides many are not. The following river concessioners provide trips through grand canyon lees ferry to diamond creek 226 river miles 364 km. The gts as we call it is the big kahuna of guide training. At age 12 grua was enthralled by a whitewater rafting trip taken with his father on the green river a tributary of the colorado river.