8 of Colorado’s best whitewater rafting stretches

Splash, dunk, rinse, laugh, repeat. Since the 1970s, commercial whitewater rafting has been one of the most idealistic and adventurous ways to experience Colorado’s historic and wild canyon, mountain, and desert landscapes.

Here are eight of the most famous and not-to-be-missed stretches of whitewater that Colorado has to offer.

Inside Dinosaur National Monument are two riverways — the Yampa and the Green — that wind through an area of archeological phenomena, fossils, and indigenous rock petroglyphs.

“For multi-day river trips, the Gates of Ladore [section] on the Green River and the Yampa River are both outstanding, in Dinosaur National Monument, and have cultural history. The two different trips finish at the same place,” says Sean Sorrin, a Colorado-based professional river guide wh