Top 3 Colorado Jeep Tours

Piney Lake Vail Jeep Tours

With cooler temperatures and changing leaves, September is the best time for Colorado jeep tours. Plus, a jeep tour with Timberline Tours isn’t simply a Vail highlight. It’s one of the most exciting things to do at this time of the year throughout the state of Colorado–and way beyond. The Vail area’s scenic mountain vistas… Read more »

Colorado Moose Viewing

Colorado Moose Sightings

If you’re a lover of wildlife and mountain adventure, then now’s the time to plan a Timberline Tours jeep trip for some prime Colorado moose viewing. Big and beautiful, moose are among the most majestic mountain creatures, and while moose might seem to be docile animals when sighted grazing in their natural habitat, they can… Read more »

Common Paddling Commands

If you’re coming Vail rafting with Timberline Tours, our expert guides will give you important paddling tips and essential rafting safety advice before you go out on the river. But it’s always good to have a bit more advance know-how. While each raft guide has his or her own style for guiding paddlers, you can… Read more »

How Snowmelt Affects Vail Rafting

Snowmelt Affects Vail Rafting

Snow: It’s what makes Vail skiing a blast and Vail rafting a big adventure. In the late-spring, early-summer months of May and June, all of that winter snowpack melts, and the snowmelt feeds into the stretches of whitewater we raft in the Vail area, including Gore Creek, and the Eagle, Colorado, and Arkansas Rivers. When… Read more »

Vail Rafting and Dinosaur Discovery

dinosaur whitewater rafting trip

Did you know that dinosaurs once roamed the Vail area? It’s true! These gigantic and fascinating creatures once lived here, and rafting through the Colorado River basin is the perfect way to learn more about their story. For the first time this summer, you’ll be able to dig into this unique history on a Timberline… Read more »