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Common Questions About COVID-19 & How We’re Handling This Ever-Changing Time Thank you all for your support of AzRA and your stewardship of and love for Grand Canyon. We wanted to update you with what we know currently, as well as what we’ve been doing for our guests. As many of you have heard, Grand Canyon National Park closed the river to all river…
To read some commonly asked questions, their answers, and how we’re handling cancellations, see our secondary blog here. Update as of 3:45 PM MST on March 20, 2020 Effective this afternoon, Grand Canyon National Park Service has decided to shut down their operations, including Grand Canyon river trips, until May 21. Unfortunately, that means that…
Paddling the John Wesley Powell Route: Exploring the Green and Colorado Rivers is a new guidebook that combines a condensed retelling of the dramatic 1869 Powell expedition with color photos and trip information for the entire 1000-mile river route. In this interview, author and photographer Mike Bezemek tells us about creating the book and rafting…
Team River Runner Kayaks Grand Canyon Blind by Ken Braband If you’ve rafted the Colorado River through Grand Canyon, you know what a thrilling experience it is. Imagine kayaking through those rapids without the benefit of eyesight. It’s September 2018, with raft support provided by AzRA, five blind military veterans (the “Vision Team”) plus their…
Finding Dory on a Classic Grand Canyon Rafting Adventure The Classic Adventure is our most popular Grand Canyon rafting adventure, traversing the canyon from Lees Ferry, Mile 0, to Diamond Creek Road (Mile 226) in the space of 14 days (up to 16 days in the spring or fall). On most Classic Adventures, one can…
Book Review by Chris Zielinski When on a Grand Canyon rafting adventure (or visiting Grand Canyon) you may hear the words Zoroaster, Sockdolager, Manakacha, Parisswampitts, and Dox. What are all these strange words, and what do they have to do with Grand Canyon? They are, in fact, all names of points of interest within Grand…
What do Apollo 11 and Grand Canyon have in Common? Written by Kaelin Zielinski | Featured Photo by Steve Koppel July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did a small thing of stepping off a ladder onto a dusty, lonely land, but when they stepped off of Apollo 11 onto the lunar surface, they…
Meet Clare Magneson! If you’ve been rafting with us in the last few years, it’s possible you’ve been on a trip with Clare Magneson, our next guide to be featured on our guide profile. She is a full-time guide here at AzRA, though she mostly guides in the summers now as she is now back…
