Bighorn Sheep Canyon Rafting: Whitewater Adventure Near Colorado Springs
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1,054 Ratings
Cañon City
Experience the thrill of whitewater rafting in Bighorn Sheep Canyon, just an hour from Colorado Springs. Paddle through adventurous rapids and spot native wildlife on this beginner to intermediate trip.
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Echo Canyon River Expeditions - Check in at the Echo Canyon office, and we’ll walk you through the process of preparing for your rafting trip. Echo provides personal flotation devices (life jackets), helmets, professional guides on each raft, and transportation to and from the river access points.
What's Included
  • Complimentary office-to-river transportation
  • Expert rafting guide included
  • No extra taxes, fees, or handling charges
  • Free wetsuit gear provided
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
Additional Information

Situated just an hour away from Colorado Springs, Bighorn Sheep Canyon Half Day rafting excursion by Echo Canyon remains our most sought-after river adventure with several miles of exhilarating class II and III rapids present at all levels of water flow. As you navigate through various challenging rapids, take care to spot Bighorn Sheep and diverse wildlife indigenous to this corner of Colorado. The river section is designed for novices to intermediate level participants and can accommodate children aged 6 years and above. It is advisable to possess swimming skills and be physically fit with a good balance. If paddling is not your thing, you can easily just hold on and float along the river. The entire river journey will take approximately 1.5 to 2 hours.

  • Dress appropriately for wet conditions. We recommend swim suits, shorts or synthetic garments. Always avoid cotton.
  • Secure footwear such as sport sandals are ideal. Flip flops, slip-on sandals and Crocs are not deemed appropriate footwear.
Location
Echo Canyon River Expeditions
West U.S. 50
Trip time listed is when you must check-in.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Sccw
Sep 12, 2023
Outstanding Experience - Amazing experience! All employees were fabulous, Jennea was our guide and was amazing. I'm 46, weak swimmer, and first time rafter and felt safe. Fun, relaxing, with a few thrills. We will go again next season. Great value and such great views. Photos are spendy but fun and a great quality.
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V7228gbmeganf
Aug 24, 2023
Great adventure! - This was a wonderful experience - lots of laughs, great scenery, and refreshing splashes of water. Everyone on staff that we interacted with were kind, helpful, and patient. Our guide, Chris, was outstanding! He kept us laughing, was knowledgeable about the river, the landscape, and rafting, and made us all feel safe. I would raft with this company again and again.
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419kerrye
Aug 23, 2023
My 10 year old had a great 1st time experience! - My 10 year old son and I had an amazing time. The staff from the time we checked in to the time we left were amazing. Everyone was so kind, including the bus driver. SInce it was my son's first time doing this, we went on a "milder" trip. In hindsight, I wish we would have done one that had a little more excitement but really can't complain because we had a great time.
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Trotter1976
Aug 18, 2023
Great job Echo Canyon! - Very professional operation, they managed I think 7 boats full of people at once on our group. Got everyone equipped without issue -- helmets, vest, wetsuits if you want to keep warmer. Once on our boat we were a unit, the guide Tacey kept us together and excited. The Bighorn Canyon trip had enough waves to keep me entertained but calm enough that I wasn't scared for my 9 year old.
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Alex
Aug 17, 2023
Amazing Experience - My family and I had so much fun! Our guide, Kennady, was very knowledgeable and did an amazing job guiding us through the rapids. We felt very safe and had lots of good laughs. All the employees were very helpful as well.
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533trishaf
Aug 11, 2023
Clean, well organized & FUN - Shoutout to Jam for making our first rafting experience a blast! We had our 6 year old with us and never once felt unsafe. Can’t recommend Raft Echo enough. The whole thing was well organized and executed. We would 100% raft with them again!
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Muffet
Aug 8, 2023
Surfing the rapids! - Our family spent the afternoon with Baker, our raft guide. Can’t express how incredible he was. He gave us some “extras” on the River like threading the needle, spinning and the most incredible part, we surfed! I highly advise requesting Baker and surfing the rapids.
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Ellenrs1983
Aug 8, 2023
Amazing Tour! - Bighorn sheep canyon was amazing! The half day was perfect for our first time and ideal for our 8 year old. Trinity (our guide) was amazing, very knowledgeable and put us at ease during tense rapids! We look forward to coming back!
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Q527hpkatiev
Aug 7, 2023
Wonderful !!! - Bighorn sheep canyon was awesome ! We did a half of day for our first time and it was perfect for my 6 year old. Our guide( BAKER )made the trip 10x better he was so much fun ! We will be back !! -Louisiana people!
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Beth
Aug 1, 2023
Great trip with Echo Canyon - Great river trip. Our guide was David and he was awesome! A super personable and funny guy. He obviously knew what he was doing, and we had a great time, while feeling safe and secure. The rapids were a blast, but nothing too crazy.
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