Rafting in Colorado on a scenic whitewater raft trip is genuine Colorado adventure at its bes! Rafting trips range from family adventure to extreme whitewater excitement trips. Rafting companies offer half-day to multi-day trips with spectacular mountain and canyon scenery. The Arkansas River is the most popular river in Colorado and offers some of the best whitewater rafting in the nation!

Performance Tours

Grand Timber Lodge works closely with partners like Performance Tours to provide our guests with a top-notch experience on the river as well as to help create lifelong memories for years to come. Performance Tours has been professionally operating since 1986 and has led over 300,000 guests down the river during this time. The guides offer trips down multiple rivers in the nearby vicinity, including: the Arkansas River (offering beginner to advanced sections), Clear Creek (offering beginner to advanced sections), and Upper Colorado (very mild rapids with amazing scenery). Click here to learn more.

AVA Rafting & Zipline

Your premiere guide to the Colorado outdoors!  AVA runs rafting trips on 8 rivers, as well as plenty of other adventures including ziplining, horseback riding, fly fishing and more… all just an hour away from Breckenridge!  Head to AVA’s Buena Vista outpost to raft the most famous stretches of whitewater in the country or over to Idaho Springs for ziplining, traversing the cliffside on their Via Ferrata, and more whitewater adventures.  Their Kremmling location is a perfect destination for the whole family with scenic floats along the Upper Colorado River, fly fishing tours, off-roading, and horseback rides through the Rocky Mountains.  Whether you’re just looking to enjoy an afternoon in the mountains or a few days in the backcountry, AVA Rafting & Zipline has an adventure for you!

Kodi Rafting

Kodi Rafting offers trips for all ages and abilities on the Colorado, Arkansas and Clear Creek Rivers. Not only can you embark on a fun-filled trip for a half day or full day, you can also take advantage of overnight trips with Kodi Rafting. In addition, if you want to pack in as much Colorado punch as possible, you can check out the “Saddle and Paddle”— a two-hour horseback ride that teams up with Rusty Spur Ranch, lunch, and a half-day rafting trip. Click here to learn more!