Waterblogged - Whitewater Rafting Blog, California Whitewater Rafting, Grand Canyon Rafting and Adventure Travel » Grand Staircase: Wind & Water/Colorado Plateau http://whitewaterraftingblog.oars.com Whitewater rafting blog - everything you want to know about whitewater rafting and adventure travel. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:08:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Waterblogged - Whitewater Rafting Blog, California Whitewater Rafting, Grand Canyon Rafting and Adventure Travel http://whitewaterraftingblog.oars.com/feed-logo.jpg http://whitewaterraftingblog.oars.com 98 126 Waterblogged - Whitewater Rafting Blog, California Whitewater Rafting, Grand Canyon Rafting and Adventure Travel - http://whitewaterraftingblog.oars.com National Geographic Recognizes OARS as One of The Best http://whitewaterraftingblog.oars.com/post/national-geographic-recognizes-oars-as-one-of-the-best http://whitewaterraftingblog.oars.com/post/national-geographic-recognizes-oars-as-one-of-the-best#comments Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:32:29 +0000 Tracy http://blog.oars.com/?p=481 National Geographic Adventure magazine recently recognized O.A.R.S.’ Grand Staircase: Wind & Water on the Colorado Plateau as one of their "25 Best New Trips in the World” for 2009.

The magazine’s editors surveyed 248 adventure travel companies representing paddling outfitters, trekking guides, safari specialists and companies spanning the globe that offer a collection of adventure travel experiences. According to Adventure, the feature represents “a comprehensive ranking of the world’s best outfitters – surveyed, sorted and scored.” In analyzing the leading adventure travel specialists, Adventure considered factors such as environmental awareness, sustainability, reliable service, local knowledge, safety practices, spirit of adventure, client satisfaction and other variables in ranking the travel providers.

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]]> http://whitewaterraftingblog.oars.com/post/national-geographic-recognizes-oars-as-one-of-the-best/feed 0 The Collapse of the Golden Arch (not McD’s) http://whitewaterraftingblog.oars.com/post/the-collapse-of-the-golden-arch-not-mcds http://whitewaterraftingblog.oars.com/post/the-collapse-of-the-golden-arch-not-mcds#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:41:16 +0000 Tracy http://blog.oars.com/post/the-collapse-of-the-golden-arch-not-mcds Wall Arch, located along the popular Devils Garden Trail in Arches National Park, collapsed over the weekend.  The arch was 71 feet tall and 33-1/2 feet wide.  There’s a story about it in the Salt Lake Tribune.

If you are at all curious to see the gaping hole left by gravity…  O.A.R.S. is offering a new trip itinerary in 2009 to Arches National Park.  (shameless segue, I know)  “The Grand Staircase: Earth, Wind & Water on the Colorado Plateau” spends the first four days whitewater rafting on the Colorado River as it passes from Canyonlands National Park to Grand Canyon National Park.  Next up is a pass through Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.  Guides will lead interpretive hikes through Arches, Bryce, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Grand Canyon and Zion national parks.  The trip begins and ends in Salt Lake.  Detailed information will be made available in the coming months.
 

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