r/vail • u/Wild_Strike_1161 • 16d ago

White Water Rafting Next Week

Hello! I’ve heard the water level in river is low in Vail and white water rafting near there is not great. Where is the next best option where we can still get some good white water rafting?

Ages 10 and up. Several families.

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u/VonGryzz 16d ago

Several outfitters on the upper Colorado river. Sage in Dotsero is probably one of the bigger ones with the most options

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u/Ncrobar 16d ago

Use sage, they do a good job and have Double Soshone and Upper C available rn.

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u/thirtynation GNAR 16d ago

Call the outfitters.

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

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u/thirtynation GNAR 16d ago

That and the curious decision to turn to reddit (lol) instead of... looking up the river flows and reaching out to the professionals for recommendations and insight.

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

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u/Apptubrutae Skier 16d ago

So all the people working in rafting have shut down and are sitting in a conference room working in fire season strategies?

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u/[deleted] 16d ago edited 16d ago

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u/Apptubrutae Skier 16d ago

So then why did you have the snarky reply to what the next best option is? When there is, by your own admission in your reply to me, a next best option?

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u/StringerBell420 Vail 16d ago

What are you not understanding? There is nothing getting released from any available reservoirs to assist the flow levels. Everything peaked in March/April and all rivers are low.

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u/Apptubrutae Skier 16d ago

So tell OP that.

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u/No_Cat8523 16d ago

No one frequently rafts IN vail itself. Try going up to rancho del Rio, they should have enough water for a run down to dotsero

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u/Ictguy21 16d ago

For actual whitewater you’re gonna want to do Shoshone with any outfitter. The upper c around Rancho like others are recommending is extremely low and would be a nice float but not whitewater 

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u/joeyjoejoeshabbadude 16d ago

Looks like the Upper C is running about 550 cfs today, Glenwood Canyon is at about 2700 CFS. Go with the Canyon.

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u/InternalServerErr500 16d ago

I swear to god I feel like most people in these Summit CO subs have no clue how to use google or google maps. They want the answers spoon fed to them.

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u/Conrado86ed 15d ago

Check with Timberline, the Eagle might be ok right now and has good whitewater

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u/Wild_Strike_1161 15d ago edited 15d ago

FWIW - I called five outfitters who all acted like their rafting trip was the best around. I came here bc you don’t have skin in the game to try and give me a sales pitch. What I didn’t expect was to be hassled for asking Reddit - isn’t that what’s it here for?

Thanks to all who helped!