Whitewater Rafting

Vail Wedding Rafting and Wedding Transportation

Rafting Shoshone

At Timberline Tours, we love celebrating Vail weddings and Vail honeymoons while whitewater rafting. In addition to offering public rafting trips that are available every day of the summer, Timberline Tours can customize private rafting trips and outdoor celebrations that bring together adventurous groups of family members and friends. Of course, we think that rafting… Read more »

Celebrate Outdoors: Top 3 Rafting Party Ideas

Colorado Corporate Group Events

Got a reason to celebrate? Timberline Tours loves customizing private rafting trips and outdoor celebrations of all kinds, from relaxing family gatherings to getaways with friends. Of course, we think that rafting is a great way to celebrate any occasion—but birthdays, wedding parties, and reunions are our top three picks for celebrating on the river…. Read more »

Rafting with Kids

We often get asked: Can I go rafting with kids? In short, our answer is yes, with some trip exceptions and limitations depending on age and weight. Our Class II Upper Colorado River trip is appropriate for kids at a minimum age of 4 who weigh 30 pounds or more and who can fit in… Read more »

River Rafting Class Ratings Explained

Timberline Tours offers Whitewater Rafting trips down Dowd Chute on the Upper Eagle River in Vail Colorado - photography by Doug Mayhew | WhiteWater-Pix.com

When choosing a Vail rafting trip, it’s helpful to know how Timberline Tours rates the difficulty of each section of river according to a river rafting class ratings system. Simply put, we follow the American Whitewater Association’s International Scale of River Difficulty, which rates river difficulty on a I to VI scale, ranging from Class… Read more »

When Is the Colorado Rafting Season?

Rafting Shoshone Colorado

We stay excited about the Colorado rafting season all year long, but summer is the best time for whitewater rafting in Colorado. In general, the Colorado rafting season can begin as early as May and last through October. However, the best three months for Colorado rafting are June, July, and August. Read on to find… Read more »