Duration

4 or 5 Days

Put-In

Deer Lodge, CO

Rapids

Class III–IV

Min. Age

8+*

Book your 2027 Yampa trip now and pay 2026 rates — lock in this year’s pricing before it goes up.

Trip Highlights

🌊 Two Rivers, One Trip

At Echo Park, the wild Yampa joins the Green River — a feature no competing trip can replicate.

🌊 Warm Springs Rapid

Run the Yampa’s signature Class IV — one of the most talked-about drops in the Colorado River system.

🇩️ Ancient Petroglyphs

Guided hikes to Fremont-era archaeological sites and rock art tucked into the canyon walls.

📷 Tiger Wall & Steamboat Rock

Float beneath sheer, desert-varnished sandstone and Dinosaur National Monument’s most iconic rock formation.

👪 Family Friendly

A great first big-water trip for families and groups — no prior rafting experience needed.

🍽️ All Meals Included

Fresh, Dutch-oven camp meals prepared by your guides every day on the river.

4-Day Trip — Deer Lodge to Split Mountain

Depart 7:30 AM · Return ~3:30 PM

Reserve the 4-Day Yampa Trip

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5-Day Trip — Deer Lodge to Split Mountain

Depart 7:30 AM · Return ~3:30 PM

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About the Trip

The Yampa is the last major undammed tributary left in the entire Colorado River system — no dam, no reservoir, just the natural rise and fall of Rocky Mountain snowmelt. Your journey covers roughly 72 miles, beginning at Deer Lodge, Colorado and ending at Split Mountain, Utah, carrying you through the heart of Dinosaur National Monument.

Here’s what sets a Yampa trip apart from anything else we run: partway through your journey, at a place called Echo Park beneath the towering Steamboat Rock, the free-flowing Yampa joins the Green River. You don’t just raft one river — you raft two, in a single trip. It’s a geographic fact unique to this stretch of canyon country, and it changes the character of the water and the scenery for the rest of your journey.

Along the way you’ll pass beneath Tiger Wall, a sheer sandstone face streaked black with desert varnish, and run Warm Springs Rapid — the trip’s signature Class IV, formed in 1965 when a flash flood dropped thousands of tons of debris into the riverbed overnight. Most of the whitewater on the Yampa is friendly Class II–III, with Warm Springs as the one big exception your guides will scout carefully before you run it.

This canyon has been lived in for thousands of years, and you’ll see the evidence firsthand. Our guides lead hikes to ancient petroglyphs and Fremont-era archaeological sites tucked into the same sandstone walls towering above your campsite. Add sandy beach camps, Dutch-oven meals cooked fresh each night, and the kind of canyon scenery that doesn’t show up anywhere else — and you’ve got one of the wildest multi-day river trips left in the American West.

Because the Yampa is free-flowing, its season is short — typically mid-May through early July — and dates fill up well in advance. Reserve your 2027 spot now to lock in 2026 pricing and guarantee your preferred dates.

Questions? Call 1.800.345.7238 or visit
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