Colorado River through Cataract Canyon Rafting - 4 Days
Colorado River Rafting in Cataract Canyon - Overview
Utah white water rafting on the Colorado River and Cataract Canyon has it all: stunning scenery, easy floating and paddling through wild, Class III whitewater. Add to that some side hikes into Utah’s dramatic canyon country and ancient rock formations with facinating geology and you have a whitewater rafting adventure in Utah suitable for the whole gang. Explore Canyonlands National Park made famous by the John Wesley Powell expedition of 1869 and get a taste of the wild wet waters of the Colorado River from the deck of your O.A.R.S. paddle raft.
And if you're feeling more adventurous, crank up your Utah rafting a notch with a trip down the Colorado in late spring. Snowmelt from the Rockies yields big runoff and massive Class IV-V rapids make for some of the country’s most exciting whitewater through Cataract Canyon. Go for it!
Colorado River Rafting in Cataract Canyon - 4 Day Itinerary at a Glance
- Scenic drive from adventure gateway, Moab, Utah to our put-in at Potash
- The first 50 miles of your Cataract Canyon rafting trip, which is motorized, will acquaint your senses with a land of looming sandstone and peaceful rugged beauty first explored by John Wesley Powell in 1869
- Lathrop Ruin and ancient pictographs of solstice calendar
- Float past Pyramid Butte, the mighty Goose Neck and Dead Horse Point (immortalized in the movie Thelma and Louise)
- Meet the confluence of the Green River where Cataract Canyon begins, hinting at the whitewater to come
- Major rapids begin at Spanish Bottom where it is possible to see a fading 1893 inscription from the steamer, Major Powell
- Challenge Brown Betty, Mile Long, Capsize and the legendary Big Drop Rapids
- Enter Lake Powell at Hite and enjoy scenic flight back to Moab and the conclusion of our 4-day Cataract Canyon rafting adventure
Note: Trip prices include an optional $111/person transportation package for a flight from the take-out back to Moab that you may delete if you prefer another option. Please contact our office for details.
O.A.R.S. Canyonlands, Inc. is an authorized concessioner of Canyonlands National Park.
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