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Grand Canyon Rafting – A Trip for Adventure and Thrill

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If you want to break the monotony of a boring routine and want to experience the thrill of whitewater with crashing waves on the Colorado River. A Grand Canyon rafting trips may be just what you are looking for. Dare to experience new things and hike to some of the most amazing sites in the world. For an adventurous trip in the lap of nature, get wet and enjoy Colorado River rafting with your friends, family or colleagues.

Grand Canyon rafting trips are ideal for the persons who love water sports and the outdoors. Colorado river rafting is an amazing experience that you may have never experienced before. Friendly, knowledgeable, experienced guides with training in Wilderness First Aid, Swift water Rescue, and Environmental Ethics take you through the most amazing place in the world. Sharing their interpretive skills throughout the trips. Colorado River rafting gives you the majestic experience of exploring the thrill of rafting.

CRATE takes care of providing you with the right equipment required for any river rafting trip such as rafts, life jackets, water proof bags to hold your belongings, tents, sleeping bags, food and the best bathroom facilities on the river. For a wonderful experience at the Grand Canyon visit http://www.crateinc.com/raft-trips/grand-canyon-rafting

Rating Grand Canyon’s Rapids

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Grand Canyon Rapids are rated on a 1-10 Scale

Lava Falls is a Class IV to V Rapid Rated 8-10 on the Colorado River Scale

The rapids in the Grand Canyon are rated on a 1-10 scale. This may seem confusing to whitewater aficionados who have become accustomed to the more universal Class I-VI scale:

Class 1: Very small rough areas, requires no maneuvering.

Class 2: Some rough water, maybe some rocks, small drops, might require maneuvering.

Class 3: Whitewater, medium waves, maybe a 3–5 ft drop, but not much considerable danger. May require significant maneuvering.

Class 4: Whitewater, large waves, long rapids, rocks, maybe a considerable drop, sharp maneuvers may be needed.

Class 5: Whitewater, large waves, continuous rapids, large rocks and hazards, maybe a large drop, precise maneuvering

Class 6: Whitewater, typically with huge waves, huge rocks and hazards, huge drops, but sometimes labeled this way due to largely invisible dangers. Class 6 rapids are considered hazardous even for expert paddlers using state-of-the-art equipment, and come with the warning “danger to life or limb.”

The biggest rapids in the Grand Canyon are Crystal and Lava Falls which are rated anywhere from 7-10 depending on the water level. They have huge waves and require maneuvering. However, especially in Lava Fall’s case, they have a nice recovery zone after the rapid. So on the classic scale these rapids would probably be considered Class IV. Hance, Hermit, Granite, Bedrock, Dubendorff, House Rock, 231-mile, Sockdolager, Grapevine, Specter, and 24-mile rapid would also probably fit into this Class IV rating with most of the other rapids in the Grand Canyon rated at Class III. Grand Canyon rafting is always excititng.

Summer Nights On The River

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Rafting Grand Canyon on The Colorado River

Enjoying the High Water of 2011

There is an old Mormon hymn that ends with the words, “Day is done; all is well.” This is the feeling one gets on the river as daylight fades to dusk and then to darkness. With the sound of the river flowing nearby and the touch of a warm and gentle breeze wafting off the canyon walls, peace and contentment reign. The day is done and all is well.

Not yet ready for sleep, even after a vigorous day of rafting, hiking, and exploring, one can lie on a bed of sand, with only a simple sleeping bag and foam pad between yourself and the earth, and gaze into the universe. Suddenly, a shooting stars interrupts profound thoughts, and considerations turn to the here and now – the feel of the sand growing cooler beneath you, the quiet lapping of the river next to the shore, the nearness of a friend or loved one who is sharing the moment with you, the exquisite beauty of the moment. Day is done, and all is well.

Tonight, our rafting clients are watching the moon rise over canyon walls and glacier-covered mountain tops. Along the banks of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon and on a remote gravel bar next to the Tatshenshini River in the Yukon, the folks have set up their first night’s camp on the river. In Desolation Canyon, folks are silently saying their goodbye’s to the river and canyon and the star-filled night sky, because their adventure will end tomorrow. And somewhere other people are sleeping in a bed for the first time in more than week, and they are missing the sound of the river and the feel of the sand. Day is done, and all is well.