by GriffithAdmin
12. March 2014 13:57
Rafting the Yampa River this Year?
 This week's "Family Rafting Highlight" is the Untamed Yampa River in Dinosaur National Monument.
A guide favorite, this river stretch is great for couples, mature families and those who want to experience some whitewater.
Just a FEW highlights your family will enjoy on the Yampa River:
True Family Escape: This remote setting inspires a chance to reconnect with fellow family members and relax.
What you will love: The solitude of a rarely run canyon, inflatable kayaking during the day, and playing horseshoes with your dad or sister in the evening.
What you will love about being with the SGRE family.(the GUIDES!) The way they express and animate the amazing stories of the Yampa River. How easily they can get the job done from cooking and cleaning to rowing the boats.
Nature that makes you say WOW: Towering Steamboat Rock, The Tiger Wall and Warm Springs Rapid- with its infamously nicknamed MAYTAG HOLE!
Things you can learn along the way: History of Fremont Native Americans, Smore's are just as delicious at 35 as they were at 10, and that a glass of wine is WAY better on the Yampa River's edge.
Why your family should do the Yampa River this YEAR!
 The Yampa River, through remote Dinosaur National Monument is an easy escape! As the last free-flowing river in the Colorado River drainage, the Yampa can be incredibly wild in May and June.
This remote rarely run canyon gives your family a great opportunity to relax, unwind and really have fun with new friends or old family members. With options such as inflatable through classic whitewater and hiking to the Mantle Cave this years “Family Highlighted" Yampa River trips are not ones to be missed in 2014!
The Yampa River has a short season, and with snow pack's changing year to year one never knows when the next time a large whitewater season is going to bless the Yampa. This trip is one of Sheri Griffith River Expeditions' most popular and can sellout quickly
 NOTE: We have already closed our May 22nd launch for the 4 day Yampa River trip.The Yampa River is where you want to be this year, so book quickly!
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by emma
5. February 2014 11:20
SNOTEL Reports Looking Good for the 2014 White Water Season!!!
SNOTEL is an automated system of snowpack sensors operated by the Natural Resources Conservation Service. This system is one tool used to estimate what kind of the river runoff we can expect. SNOTEL sites report the current snowpack/moisture content expressed as a percentage of the average of the last five years for that date.
Unfortunately, the California Mountains have experienced a low snowpack so far this winter. Due to this lack of moisture and continuing drought conditions, the state of California has declared a state of drought emergency. It seems that their state will be relying heavily on its allotment of the Colorado River for water needs in 2014. This most likely means that they will allow more water to be released from the Glen Canyon and Hoover dams to help ease the lack of water.
The Colorado Plateau supplies the majority of the water in the Colorado and Green Rivers. The Gates of Lodore and Desolation Canyon on the Green River receive their water from the headwaters in the Wind River Range of southwestern Wyoming. The runoff from these mountains is stored in and released from the Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The Yampa River is a free flowing tributary joining the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument. The 2014 SNOTEL sites currently show that the Colorado River Basin is at 106% of average and the drainage for the Yampa River is at 107% of average, with the wettest months of winter still to come. Actual river runoff can change depending on total snowfall as well as how fast the runoff occurs. At this point we are very excited about the 2014 rafting season!
If you have any questions concerning flows of any of the rivers we run, please feel free to contact us at info@griffithexp.com or call toll free 1-800-332-2439 (Please ask for Jose or Brenda). We love to talk about the river and share our 43 years of experience to help make your river vacation a great one!!
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by GriffithAdmin
6. November 2013 08:10
The Yampa River, located in the heart of the Dinosaur National Monument on the Eastern end of the Uinta Mountain Range.
Geology:
The geology of the Yampa Canyon begins with layers of sandstones, limestones and shales, giving the viewer a unique "look back" at the rising and dropping of an ancient sea. As you travel further into the canyon the sheer walls of the Weber Sandstone become predominant. As the river winds its way through a maze of walls sculpted by windblown sand, walls, such as the 1,000' high Grand Overhang and the stripes of the Tiger Wall will leave the viewer in awe.
Once you leave the Yampa Canyon and join the Green River, entering into Echo Park, the Mitten Park Fault will blow the viewer away. Just after Mitten Park the river enters into Whirlpool Canyon the billion-year-old Uinta Mountain Group formation and the Unique Sea Stacks enter into the geologic picture. Following a leisurely float through Island Park and the Morrison Formation (where dinosaur bones are found), the river makes a dramatic cut right through the Split Mountain Anticline.
More Information on the Yampa River Rafting History.
by GriffithAdmin
5. November 2013 07:56
The Yampa River!
It is Yampa River Week. This is our most popular trip and sells out every year. If you are looking at do the Yampa this summer book quickly! Book Online Here
by GriffithAdmin
14. April 2013 10:27
The Yampa River, located in the heart of the Dinosaur National Monument on the Eastern end of the Uinta Mountain Range.
Geology
The geology of the Yampa Canyon begins with layers of sandstones, limestones and shales, giving the viewer a unique "look back" at the rising and dropping of an ancient sea. As you travel further into the canyon the sheer walls of the Weber Sandstone become predominant. As the river winds its way through a maze of walls sculpted by windblown sand, walls, such as the 1,000' high Grand Overhang and the stripes of the Tiger Wall will leave the viewer in awe.
Once you leave the Yampa Canyon and join the Green River, entering into Echo Park, the Mitten Park Fault will blow the viewer away. Just after Mitten Park the river enters into Whirlpool Canyon the billion-year-old Uinta Mountain Group formation and the Unique Sea Stacks enter into the geologic picture. Following a leisurely float through Island Park and the Morrison Formation (where dinosaur bones are found), the river makes a dramatic cut right through the Split Mountain Anticline.
More Information on the Yampa River Rafting History.
by GriffithAdmin
7. January 2013 11:45
The Canyons of the West are beautiful, full of life and almost seem to be timeless. The towering walls of stone all around the rivers that formed these canyons bear silent witness to the powers of water, wind and time. Sometimes, though, Mother Nature likes to throw a monkey wrench into things.
This August, we received word that there was a rock fall in the Yampa River Canyon, just above Warm Springs Rapid. Here are some of the pictures that the National Park Service sent us:
This new boulder may prove to be a bit of a challenge when we see the river at higher flows in May and June. The average level of the Yampa River in May and June is about 10,000 to 16,000 cfs.
The river was flowing at about 150 cfs when these pictures were taken. The average level of the
Yampa River in May and June is about 10,000 to 16,000 cfs.
Our guides are excited to see what this new rockfall will make the river look like during the 2013 river rafting season.