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A view of a Grand Canyon peak while the sky is grey and stormy

2025 Opening Day

January 18, 2024News, General InfoMegan Collier

Everything you need to know to prepare for the 2025 Opening Day Thank you for your interest in rafting with us in 2025! We look forward to getting you on the Colorado River through Grand Canyon. Below you’ll find all of the details you’ll need to be prepared for our 2025 opening day. If you…

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How Does the Colorado River Flow?

November 30, 2023General Info, Grand Canyon Natural History, NewsMegan Collier

The Majestic Flow of the Colorado River: A Lifeline Carving Through the American West The Colorado River, a lifeline of the American West, winds its way through breathtaking landscapes, sculpting deep canyons and providing sustenance to millions of people, wildlife, and ecosystems. From its humble beginnings high up in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, the…

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Organizations AzRA Loves and Supports

November 22, 2023General InfoMegan Collier

These are some of our favorite Grand Canyon Organizations We Support Each Year Below are some Grand Canyon-related organizations that AzRA supports each and every year. We invite our employees and guests from that season to donate to any of these organizations below, and AzRA matches that organization up to a certain amount. It’s our…

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Grand Canyon is His Muse Part 2

November 7, 2023NewsMegan Collier

Part 2 of AzRA Guest Tom Pattee’s Poems A GYPSY’S LULLABY I sit among grass thin and parched yet, Somehow thriving in the sand baking in the sun And littered by our footsteps and by those who Camped here the night before. The sun’s shadow climbs up the canyon As the sky begs for the…

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Guide Profile-Matthew Pearcy

October 30, 2023Guide ProfilesMegan Collier

Meet Matthew Pearcy Calm, cool and collected, Matt is a pleasure to be around. He leads trips with that calm confidence he carries everywhere he goes, and will immediately make you feel comfortable to be in his presence. He’s very conscientious of the guest experience, and wants you to have an adventure of a lifetime….

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Light Up Your Grand Canyon Experience with a Red-Light Headlamp!

October 24, 2023General InfoMegan Collier

What’s the Deal with the Red-Light on a Headlamp? Why We Recommend a Headlamp with a Red-Light Feature? Headlamps provide versatile lighting that is perfect for your rafting adventure or any camping trip. We recommend a headlamp over a standard flashlight because there will be times you need your hands free in the dark, whether…

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Grand Canyon river guide, Seneca!

Guide Profile-Seneca Kristjonsdottir

October 16, 2023Guide ProfilesMegan Collier

Meet Seneca Kristjonsdottir Seneca has been working at AzRA for a few years now, and she also guides up in Idaho during their rafting season, which means she’s often seen on AzRA trips in the spring and fall. Seneca always has a smile on her face, and is ready to show you a great time…

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Grand Canyon Is His Muse Part 1

October 2, 2023Guest Posts, Readings and VideosMegan Collier

Poems from AzRA Guest Tom Pattee Lees Ferry Standing at Lee’s Ferry, Staring into the abyss that is the Grand Canyon, Sets the mind to wander, Sets the spirit to wonder what adventures are just down river. The Paleo Inhabitants some 11,000 years ago must have done the same. For us, the mysteries of the…

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Colter Tucker rowing an oar boat down the Colorado River through Grand Canyon

Guide Profile-Colter Tucker

September 26, 2023Guide ProfilesMegan Collier

Meet Colter Tucker Colter (part of the Tucker clan at AzRA) is a laid-back guide with great leadership skills. If you’ve been on a trip with him, you’ll sense that he’s calm and collected, and leads a terrific trip. He’s recently moved into management here in the AzRA office, and has been a member of…

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Lorna Colton rows an oar boat down the Colorado River through Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon River Guides

September 18, 2023General Info, Guide Profiles, NewsMegan Collier

Grand Canyon River Guides Oral History Interview of AzRA Guide Lorna Corson  The indefatigable Lorna Corson has guided for Arizona Raft Adventures (AzRA) since 1978. Read her fascinating interview published in the Boatman’s Quarterly Review (BQR), a Grand Canyon River Guides (GCRG) publication here.  Anyone can be a Grand Canyon River Guides member; GCRG is…

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