River Rafting Makes Memorable Family Adventures!
When planning family time, it’s important to find activities that will equally engage every member of the family.  When you’re looking for an activity or adventure that will provide happy, satisfying, quality family time spent together enjoying the same things, Colorado river rafting is the perfect activity for the whole family.  And the staff at Highside Adventure Tours handles all the details, provides all the equipment, and even packs the lunch (for full day or multi-day trips)!

All rafting trips include: rafts, helmets, personal flotation device, basic instruction
 and a professional and a highly-skilled river rafting guide in each boat.

The Challenge of Family Time
In today’s world, young people are largely inactive. Their time spent is often spent surfing the Internet, downloading music, watching videos, playing video games, texting friends on their cell phones, or listening to their i-pods, shut off from the rest of the world.

Today’s parents are busy and overwhelmed with the dual responsibilities of working and trying to run a household. Homework and after school activities create more busy-ness in the family, so that real “family time” is growing increasingly rare . . .  though it’s one of the most important factors in keeping kids from trouble.

Family Activities for Colorado Visitors That Will Please EVERYONE!
Family vacations are one of the few times that a family gets to be together away from the stress and routines of everyday life, but finding activities that will appeal to everyone can be difficult.  Often if it pleases the kids, the adults will be bored, and vice-versa.  Or family members just go off and do their own thing, thus defeating the purpose.

Family Activities for Colorado Family Reunions
Family reunions present another challenge for finding a safe and fun activity that will delight family members from the very old to the very young and everyone in between.

Quality Family Time
And some families are just in search of a way to spend quality time together in a deeply satisfying and fun way without waiting for a formal vacation or big event.  Why not a Saturday, Sunday or school break family activity that thrills, delights and engages every member of the family, deepening bonds and creating good and happy feelings all around?

River rafting adventures are the most fun family activities in Colorado
and provide the rare opportunity for families to be together, work as a team, deeply bond and have the time of their lives.  It’s the very definition of “quality family time.”

Highside Adventure Tours provides Colorado river rafting adventures for families of all sizes, ages and abilities, and trips available in 1/2 day, full-day and multi-day formats for beginner, intermediate or experienced river rafters, We also offer some fabulous rafting combination trips, such as a 1/2 day rafting with a mine tour, 1/2 day rafting followed by a hot springs soak, or 1/2 day rafting with a bike trip (pedal and paddle).  Our rafting options for memorable family activities in Colorado include:

• Clear Creek Rafting  - only 45 minutes from Denver, all Clear Creek rafting trips meet in the fun and interesting mountain town of Idaho Springs, at our offices in the historic Argo Mine.  Idaho Springs is a fun town to visit and allows us to offer either full-day or half day rafting trips or some fun combination trips.  Offered from late spring through late August, our Clear Creek rafting options include:
• Half -day Rafting on Clear Creek - beginner, intermediate or advanced trips available
• Full Day Clear Creek Rafting - includes our famous steak barbecue lunch!
• Combination Rafting/Mining Trip - a 1/2 day rafting, 1/2 day mine tour combination
• Combination Rafting/Hot Springs (Raft and Relax) Trip - 1/2 day rafting, 1/2 day hot springs

• Blue River Rafting - A gorgeous high-country river trip with breathtaking scenery of some of Colorado’s highest mountain peaks.  Our Blue River rafting trips meet in our Frisco office (about 1.25 hours from Denver) and come in half-day adventures.  Or, try our super fun Peddle and Paddle bike trip/rafting trip combination that includes an all downhill, 14-mile bike ride off the top of Vail Pass and to the town of Frisco, Colorado.
• Arkansas River Rafting - Experience the thrill and excitement of rafting the most popular commercial river in the U.S.  (About 2.5 hours from Denver).  From an easy beginner trip to heart-pounding whitewater challenges, the Arkansas River offers something for everyone, including our most popular Brown’s Canyon full-day trip and the stunning Royal Gorge trip.  Please click here for details on our Arkansas River Rafting options.
• Colorado River - Meet at our Frisco office about 1.25 hours from Denver, then together we drive roughly an hour to our remote canyon put-in. The Colorado River is one of the classic rivers in the United States, starting high in the Rockies, and eventually flowing through the Grand Canyon. Our Colorado River trips include some great mountain and canyon scenery, natural hot springs, old pioneer cabins, wildlife viewings and more.  Click here to view our Colorado River rafting trip options.

Why not plan a Colorado river rafting adventure the next time you’re looking for a fun family activity for quality family time, school vacations, or when celebrating a special occasion, big birthday, or family reunion?

For more information about our outdoor family activities in Colorado, call us today and we’ll help you plan a memorable Colorado rafting adventure today!