Mountain West Paddling Travel Guide

Mountain West Paddling Travel Guide

• Mountain West Overview
• Mountain West Hotels
• Mountain West Attractions
• Mountain West Feature Articles
• Mountain West Adventure Trips

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• Mountain West Travel
• Active and Adventure Guide
  • Aerial Sports
  • Mountain Biking
  • Road Biking
  • Canyoneering
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  • Mountaineering
  • Rock Climbing
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  • Trekking and Backpacking
  • Canoeing
  • Rafting
  • Sea Kayaking
  • Cross-Country Skiing
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• Beach Guide
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• Family Guide
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  • Camping
  • Fly-fishing
  • Freshwater Fishing
  • Horses and Riding
  • Birdwatching
  • Off-roading
  • Scenic Drives

Top Paddling Destinations In Mountain West

• Canyonlands National Park, UT
  
• Colorado Springs, CO
  
• Big Sky, MT
  
• Challis National Forest, ID
  
• Clearwater National Forest, ID
  
• Farragut State Park, ID
  
• Flathead Lake State Park - Big Arm, MT
  
• Flathead National Forest, MT
  
• Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area, ID
  
• Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River, MT
  

Travel Guides In Mountain West

• Antelope Island State Park, UT
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Brian Head, UT
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Denver, CO
  • Gay and Lesbian Guide
  • Family Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Salt Lake City, UT
  • Family Guide
• Arches National Park, UT
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Family Guide
• Aspen, CO
  • Family Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Canyonlands National Park, UT
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Family Guide
• Telluride, CO
  • Family Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Vail, CO
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Family Guide
• Yellowstone National Park, WY
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Family Guide

United States Paddling Subregions

• Mid-Atlantic
• Midwest
• Mountain West
• Northeast
• Pacific Coast
• Southeast
• Southwest

Active and Adventure Travel Destinations

• Mid-Atlantic
  • Maryland
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • West Virginia
• Midwest
  • Indiana
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • South Dakota
  • Wisconsin
• Mountain West
  • Colorado
  • Idaho
  • Montana
  • Utah
  • Wyoming
• Northeast
  • Maine
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
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  • Alabama
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  • Virginia
• Southwest
  • Arizona
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • Texas

On This Page:

• Top Destinations
• Feature Articles
• Trip Ideas
• Practical Advice
• Adventure Trips
• Gear
• Fitness
• Attractions
• Hotels

Mountain West Paddling Destinations

• Colorado
• Idaho
• Montana
• Utah

Top Paddling Destinations	Related Travel Guides	Find Hotels
Canyonlands National Park		Hotels
Big Sky		Hotels
Flathead National Forest		Hotels
Colorado Springs		Hotels
Challis National Forest		Hotels
Clearwater National Forest		Hotels
Farragut State Park		Hotels
Flathead Lake State Park - Big Arm		Hotels
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area		Hotels
Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River		Hotels

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Feature Articles

• Rafting Colorado: Big Water Awaits
  Record snowfall over the winter has obviously made for bomber ski conditions throughout Colorado. But what happens when all that snow melts? Paddlers know. Colorado will be blessed with one of the most epic whitewater seasons in recent memory.
• Wilderness Therapy
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  Lose (and find) yourself in the great wide open
• GORP - Dinosaur NM, Utah/Colorado - Monumental Moments
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• Find Your Flow
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  Idaho and Colorado
• Yellowstone National Park
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  Paddle Wyoming's Secret Sea

Trip Ideas

• Whitewater Wanderlust: Paddling Utah's Colorado and Green Rivers
  
• Into the Guts of Canyonlands National Park
  
• Exploring Idaho's Heavenly Hells Canyon
  
• Rafting Lodore Canyon in Utah's Dinosaur National Monument
  
• Running Idaho's Riotous Whitewater
  

Practical Advice

• Adventure Travel 101
  GORPTravel’s Kate Tucker and Linda Long answer our burning questions about the tao of adventure travel
• Sea Kayak Touring: A Packing List
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• Canoe Trips: A Packing List
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• Canoe Trips: A Packing List
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• Sea Kayak Touring: A Packing List
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GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

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  Whitewater Rafting on Idaho's Main Salmon River
  River Time Guide Service
  from $1550, 6 days
  The famous "River of no Return" is your backdrop for relaxation and adventure as River Time Guide Service and our guides take you into the remote and...
  
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  Canoeing the Upper Missouri River - Lewis and Clark's Wilderness
  Big Wild Adventures
  from $2300, 8 days
  The upper Missouri - A gentle river, flowing mostly through wilderness, little-changed since Lewis & Clark. ...
  
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  Colorado Rafting - 24 hrs in Brown's Canyon
  AVA's Colorado Rafting
  from $209, 2 days
  An excellent weekend getaway! This trip is our Arkansas Valley Specialty trip set up as an overnight. You'll arrive mid-afternoon the first day, raft...
  
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  Lewis & Clark Canoeing Trip - Missouri River Expedition
  ROW Adventures
  from $1485, 5 days
  Grab a paddle and board one of ROW's 34' voyageur canoes to follow the Lewis and Clark Trail along the Missouri River. Lewis and Clark paddled these...
  
• 
  Middle Fork of the Salmon River Family Rafting
  Eco Family Adventures
  from $1542, 6 days
  The Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho is the premier wilderness rafting trip in the US. It flows 100 miles of Wild and Scenic free-flowing...
  

Gear

• Complete Gear Archives: Paddling
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things paddling.
• KayakPro Nemo Sea Kayak
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  H2Aaahh
• Necky Manitou 13
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• Float and Gloat
  outside
  Not every playboat is for whitewater. Maximize your summer fun on lakes, rivers, and oceans with these versatile sit-on-top kayaks.
• Sea Me
  outside
  British adventure filmmaker JUSTINE CURGENVEN, 33, elevates sea kayaking to the highest level of action sports: cool videos!

Fitness

• Revolutionary New Gear
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  Outside's guide to the best new concepts in gear, garb, human performance, and green.
• Fittest Real Athletes – Kyle Daniels
  outside
  
• Power Stroke
  outside
  Get fit for summer's hottest sport—in less time than you'd think
• America's Best Cities: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  outside
  No. 8
• City Without Limits
  outside
  Seattle

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Attractions

Eagle Bahn Gondola

Lionshead Cir
Vail, Colorado 81657

Description: Eagle Bahn Gondola is Vail Valley's only gondola, and provides the most comfortable passage up Vail... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Galloping Goose Mountain Bike Trail

Lawson Hill near the intersection of CO Hwy. 145 and the 145 Spur into Telluride


Description: This trail follows an old railroad route—riders can travel up to 20 miles one way. ... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Mount Holy Cross

Holy Cross Wilderness
Minturn, Colorado

Description: Named for a snow-filled crevice on its northeast face that forms a distinct cross, the mountain towers 14,000 feet over Rocky Mountain National Park. ... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Hotels

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Hotel Jerome, A RockResort

330 East Main Street
Aspen, CO 81611 Map

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The Resort at Paws Up

40060 Paws Up Road
Grennough, MT Map

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Rusty Parrot Lodge and Spa

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175 North Jackson Street
Jackson, WY WY 83001 Map

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