by GriffithAdmin
10. June 2014 13:53
Classic Camp Site
This majestic camping spot in Canyonlands National Park is next to a 2000 foot cliff in Cataract Canyon.
by Kristl
1. June 2014 09:35
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Labyrinth Canyon Fit Kayaking Tour
This year Sheri Griffith Expeditions is excited to be working with Melanie Webb of Sol Fitness Adventures to offer a brand new way to experience Labyrinth Canyon!
 Melanie Webb is a former wildlife biologist and environmental consultant who is now one of the Top Trainers in the fitness industry. She has been featured on Good Morning America, in Outside and New Beauty magazines, and is now a brand ambassador for ATHLETA.
We met Melanie when she was a tour director for a group of guests that we hosted on a river trip in 2013. Since then, we have been working with her to create a Fitness Adventure for the River. We are excited to introduce our Labyrinth Canyon Fit Kayaking Tour this September!
The Fit Kayaking tour will combine all of the highlights of our Women-Only Kayaking tours with the Health and Wellness tours that SOL Fitness Adventures offers. There is no experience in either kayaking or fitness necessary to have a great time on this trip. By the end of the first hour on the river, you’ll feel like you were born to kayak, and with the additional tutelage of Melanie each morning, mid-day and evening, you will find a renewed sense of wellness in mind and body.
Featured Activities:
- Paddling Labyrinth Canyon of the Green River
- Hiking up Beautiful Side Canyons
- Morning Core Conditioning
- Post-Paddle Stretch Flexibility Sessions
- Evening Fireside Mindfulness including Tai Chi, Qi Gong and meditation
- One-on-One Wellness Consultation with Melanie Webb
 Trip Details: Women Only Labyrinth Canyon Fit Kayaking Tour
Departure Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2014 (River trip orientation will be held on September 8th)
Trip Length: 5 Days/4 Nights (We return in the late afternoon on Saturday, September 13th)
Host City: Moab, Utah
Price: $1150 + Government Use and Launch Fees (about 6%)
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by Kristl
20. May 2014 08:50
“A River of One’s Own: A Heroine’s
Journey into the World of Story“
Nature Inspires Creativity! Deep within the boundaries of Canyonlands National Park, Cataract Canyon offers a perfect balance between serene floating, incredible optional hiking, and fast-moving rapids. 300 million years of rock history, abstract sculpted sandstone spires, and ancient Anasazi petroglyphs and granaries grace Cataract Canyon. Creative discussions will take place at the river's edge and continue throughout the day, ending with readings under the stars.
Featured in Oprah’s O magazine! Sheri Griffith Expeditions has been outfitting Page Lambert’s River Writing Journeys for Women for 17 years. In 2006, Oprah’s O magazine featured these trips as “One of the top six, great all-girl getaways of the year.” Personal writing time is woven into the moments between floating down the Colorado River, optional hiking, relaxing on shore, and “circling up” with Page, Ellen, the other river women, and SGE’s fabulous women guides.
Storytelling on the River! Who told you your first story? For most of us, it was a woman. “ We pass the great stories down from generation to generation,” Ellen tells us. “ Mother to mother to mother. And so many of our stories are about journeys—heroes and heroines who leave the confines of the familiar and, in the spirit of curiosity and adventure, light out into the unknown. There we encounter not only the magnificence of the world, but our very souls.”
 Join the Heroine’s Adventure! Sunday night’s orientation at SGE is followed by dinner with Page, Ellen, and the other women guests. The trip launches Monday morning, August 11th. You’ll float down the Colorado River, past the confluence of the Green River, through beautiful Cataract Canyon, culminating with a breathtaking scenic flight from Lake Powell back to Moab. SGE provides everything—rafts, tents, sleeping bags, fresh healthy meals, etc. The fabulous women guides do all the cooking and rowing!
Praise from Previous Guests of Page’s River Writing Journeys! “This is a fantastic trip! I have experienced Page’s women-only trips twice now and they are terrific. The Sheri Griffith company is excellent, the guides were super and both times the trip brought together amazing women. Rafting, hiking, camping, great food... a fabulous trip start to finish!"
Do you have to be a writer? No previous writing experience is necessary for this adventure. Page will provide journals as well as written material for you to take home, and the river and the canyon will provide all the inspiration you need!
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by GriffithAdmin
16. May 2014 08:04
Video of the Week:
2014 looks like one of the better whitewater rafting years in Cataract Canyon since 2011.
by GriffithAdmin
5. May 2014 08:46
Top Ten Rafting Hikes
Our rafting trips are about a lot more than just whitewater. We travel by boat to some of the most remote parts of the country. The locations we travel through are protected as National Parks, National Monuments, registered national landmarks and proposed wild and scenic rivers. Many of these amazing side hikes are not a accessible from roads. The hikes vary in length from 15 minutes to all day. They include waterfalls, Native American ruins, wildflowers, wildlife and just amazing beauty.
Here is a top ten of our favorite hikes from our trips. (Click the photos to see a larger version)
Dark Canyon
(Cataract Canyon)
- Length: 8 miles round trip
- Avg Hiking Time: 3-5 hours
- Vertical gain: 1000 feet
- Attractions: Waterfalls, towering 2000 foot canyon wall
- River and Section: Colorado River through Cataract Canyon
- Description: Dark Canyon is one of the most beautiful places on earth. It is not always open because of the water levels of Lake Powell. When we get the chance, this hike is like heaven on earth. Towering red rock walls line the canyon. Clear water cascades down a variety of waterfalls and swimming pools, some over 25 feet deep.
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Jones Hole
(Green River)
- Length: 4 miles round trip
- Avg Hiking Time: 4 hours
- Vertical gain: 60 feet
- Attractions: Native America petroglyphs, clear creek, Wildlife, waterfall
- River and Section: Gates of Lodore and Yampa River
- Description: The Jones Hole hike is famous for the variety of wildlife that is in the valley, including eagles, falcons, big horn sheep, and marmots. The trail wanders alongside the clear creek with many swimming holes and ends in a playful waterfall. A short way further up the trail are stunning pictographs.
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Little Dolores
(Westwater Canyon)
- Length: 2 miles round trip
- Avg Hiking Time: 1 hour
- Vertical gain: 50 feet
- Attractions: Black rock canyon, raging waterfall
- River and Section: Colorado River through Westwater Canyon
- Description: This waterfall hike runs only in May and June. The Little Dolores Creek cascades along a black shist rock canyon carved thousands of years ago. The rock is over 1.7 billion years old! This creates amazing patterns and flute like shapes. The waterfall pours out of the side canyon and we are able to swim right under the falls.
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The Doll's House
(Cataract Canyon)
- Length: 8 miles round trip
- Avg Hiking Time: Full Day
- Vertical gain: 1000 feet
- Attractions: Native American ruins, panoramic views of Canyonlands National Park.
- River and Section: Colorado River through Cataract Canyon
- Description: This challenging hike offers some of the best views of the Colorado River and Canyonlands Nationals Park. The Dolls House is named for it’s towering red rock peaks that John W. Powell thought looked like European dolls. The hike includes a cool slot canyon, views of the surrounding mountains, the Needles and native American ruins.
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Flat Canyon Petroglyphs
(Green River)
- Length: 1/4 mile round trip
- Avg Hiking Time: 15 mins
- Vertical gain: 10 feet
- Attractions: petroglyphs, towering 2000 foot canyon walls
- River and Section: The Green River through Desolation Canyon
- Description: An easy and very entertaining stroll to a giant and impressive panel of Fremont writings. The panel has an amazing number of writings and the guides will teach about what they may mean and what happened to this ancient culture.
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Rippling Brook
(Green River)
- Length: 2 miles round trip
- Avg Hiking Time: 2 hours
- Vertical gain: 300 feet (extremely strenuous)
- Attractions: Gorgeous views of the Green River. Spring fed water fall.
- River and Section: The Green River through Gates of Lodore
- Description: This fairly steep hike has photo opportunities at each switch back. The trail climbs the side of the canyon with views of the Gates of Lodore that are hard to beat. This all ends at a spring-fed waterfall.
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Whispering Cave/Echo Park
(Green River)
- Length: 6 miles round trip
- Avg Hiking Time: 1-2 hours
- Vertical Gain: 10 feet
- Attractions: Native American petroglyphs, cave exploration, Pat Lynch hide out
- River and Section: The Gates of Lodore and the Yampa River
- Description: At the confluence of the Green River and Yampa River is a glorious hiking opportunity at Echo Park. Petroglyphs, Whispering cave, and a hermit hideout are just some of the attractions on this hike.
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Rock Creek Ranch
(Green River)
- Length: ¼ mile round trip
- Avg Hiking Time: 1 Hour to Full Day
- Vertical gain: 10 feet
- Attractions: Rock Creek Ranch, Outlaw Hideaway
- River and Section: The Green River through Desolation Canyon
- Description: See where Butch Cassidy and his gang of outlaws stayed. Historical orchards full of fruit during August, and a longer hike is available to see outstanding petroglyphs and granaries.
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Indian Creek
(Cataract Canyon)
- Length: 4 miles round trip
- Avg Hiking Time: 3 hours
- Vertical gain: 100 feet
- Attractions: Waterfalls, towering 2000 foot canyon walls, Native American ruins
- River and Section: Colorado River through Cataract Canyon
- Description: In the spring, Indian Creek Falls is a highlight of our Cataract Canyon trips. Indian Creek starts miles away in the Abajo Mountains. 3 miles from the river is the beautiful, secluded Indian Creek waterfall.
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Bowknot Bend
(Green River)
- Length: 2 miles round trip
- Avg Hiking Time: 2 hours
- Vertical gain: 700 feet
- Attractions: The views of the Maze section of Canyonlands National Park.
- River and Section: The Green River Through Labyrinth Canyon
- Description: Here the Green River makes an 6 mile loop and is only ¼ mile from itself. This hike is a little bit challenging with 700 feet of vertical gain in little over a mile, but the views are worth it.
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Last Minute Gates of Lodore Discount
Buy One Get One 1/2 off!
Great last minute discount for the June 14th Gates of Lodore trip. We are offering Buy One Get One 1/2 off from now until May 1st trip for new customers!! The Gates of Lodore has all the elements of a classic river trip: great hikes, exciting whitewater, beautiful beaches and colorful history. This is a journey into a spectacular wilderness. This trip has lots of activities and action. You can choose between paddling with friends in a paddleboat, taking on the rapids with one of our inflatable kayaks or relaxing in one of the oarboats. Click on the Book Online button and enter promo code Lodorebogo or call Kristl 1-800-332-2439 This deal is only good for a little while so sign up fast.
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by GriffithAdmin
24. April 2014 13:10
2014 Westwater rafting season starts
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. March 2014 11:17
2014 Moab Skinny Tire Event!!!
Eleven years ago Mark Griffith started the Skinny Tire Event to help deal with his grief from losing his older brother to cancer. The first year the event only had a handful of riders mostly friends and family but raised $1,200. The event started to gain steam, and from there on out growing bigger every year. Now over 6,000 riders have participated and have donated over $2 million dollars to a variety of charities supporting cancer research and survivorship.
The comradery between cyclists, nature and donating to a very worthy cause make this event unforgettable year after year. Cancer touches so many people negatively its nice to turn some into a positive.
“It's about seeing an obstacle and knowing you can get through it. It's feeling the reward on the downside of the climb — the last day of treatment — every day you choose to live versus succumb. The scenery inspires... helps one think, experience, rejuvenate & regenerate.”- Skinny Tire Festival cyclist
Since Skinny Tire’s inception, Sheri Griffith Expeditions has always been a strong supporter, donating equipment and volunteering time. In recent years, this event has become very personal to us as our own co-owner Arlo Tejada has been battling cancer for that past three years. We know and have seen how this event has personally helped cancer survivors; people fighting cancer and people who have lost loved ones.
This year the Skinny Tire event is just $1,100 short of reaching their goal with only a few days left to donate to the cause. If you are interested in donating or joining in this weekend please click on the link for more info: Moab Skinny Tire Event
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 emma
26. December 2013 09:54
American Outdoor Association Convention
American Outdoor Association Convention (AOA)
“Growing, protecting and supporting America’s outfitting buisnesses”- AOA mission statement
www.americaoutdoors.org
AOA is a great tool to grow an outdoor outfitters business to become bigger and greater in their field with experts from their field. Camaraderie with friends yet competitors is a great way to excel in giving the best and greatest experience in our industry.
With that said, Sheri Griffith River Expeditions spent a week at the AOA Conference taking in so much information and making connections to grow and expand what we can do for our guest and their experience.
At the AOA trade show Arlo and Emma looked at the new and upcoming equipment from boats, life jackets, and all the new trinkets!! Proud to say we are ahead of the curve in providing top-of-the-line equipment. There was also great information on the new Google algorithms and many other marketing tools.
Though the Internet is very important, we still feel providing great trips and great customer service will carrier us higher! !
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