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A typical trip itinerary is laid out below:
Day 1 & 2 - Relaxing at Sorrel River Ranch
Day 3 - You launch onto a calm stretch of the Green River where the rafts
will float together for an orientation and introduction of guests and
guides. There will be time before your first gourmet camp dinner for relaxing
for a game of volleyball.
Day 4 - After a night under the stars, you'll awaken to the shout of
"coffee," signaling time for a hearty breakfast and the start of a great
day of rafting. There also will be a great hike to Fremont petroglyphs
or other historic sites. Rapids develop after lunch, to be challenged
in oar-powered rafts , as well as inflatable kayaks.
Day 5 - Day three brings on rougher water and short hikes to old homesteads
and ranches. Steer Ridge and Three Fords rapids, among the biggest on
the Green, are encountered in the afternoon and mark the separation of
Desolation and Gray Canyons, traversing 40 million years of geologic history
in the process.
Day 6 - Day four brings on several rapids and stretches of calm water
for swim breaks and water fights.
Later in the season as the water slows its pace, the trip extends into
a seventh day.
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The Green River is one of the West's great, but lesser known
rivers. It rushes along the Utah-Colorado border, cutting canyons as deep
and magnificent as the Grand Canyon. Major Powell must have been having
a bad day when he named the canyons of the Green River "Desolation" and
"Gray." They're anything but. Tamarisk and willow-fringed beaches for comfortable
camping give way to lofty red rock walls. And through it all runs the river
where outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid dodged the posse.
