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6 Things to Know about Rafting the Salt River

Looking for things to know about rafting the Salt River? Welp, we got the know-how you need! The Salt River is one of the most elusive whitewater rafting trips in the United States. Unlike its real big sister canyon up north, you the oneโ€” the Salt still manages to flow [...]

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Fresh on the Salt โ€” A Guideโ€™s First Run with Arizona Whitewater

โ€œI was sitting bored in my crane in Casper, Wyoming โ€˜cause itโ€™s winter and youโ€™re bored doing nothing, and came across an ad on Craigslist for guide school.โ€ The bored man in question goes by the name of Richard Fredricksen, a Minnesota-raised farmer who found himself working the most frigid [...]

Bluff Scenery in Cataract Canyon - Wide View

3 Awesome Alternative Rafting Trips to the Grand Canyonย 

Itโ€™s no secret that the Grand Canyon is an A-lister of multi-day rafting excursions, but itโ€™s not the only one on the proverbial list of river celebritiesโ€” there’s plenty of alternative trips to the Grand Canyon. The great waterways of the Southwest have cut a rugged network of canyons that [...]

multi-day campsite in Castle Valley, Utah - Mild to Wild

How to Choose the Right Multi-Day Rafting Trip

Shopping around for a multi-day rafting trip but not quite sure where to start? We know that feeling all too well! Mild to Wild offers overnight river trips for 7 different rivers spread across Colorado, Utah and Arizona. What can we say, we love running rivers and we love having [...]

Gates of Lodore Hike - Lodore - Mild to Wild Rafting

Living in Lodore Canyon โ€” A Guide’s Ride with the Green River

Before the canyons of the Green River were mapped 150 years ago, many westerners imagined that they unraveled into gardens of Eden. Today, most, if not all, might say that assumption was completely astute. Particularly in Lodore Canyon. Between billion-year-old quartzite walls, gardens bloom bankside with wild mint and hackberries, [...]

Salt River - Medium shot of a group rafting through white water

The Mild to Wild Black Friday Shopping Guideย 

Itโ€™s just about that wonderful time of year again for us to put in, push off, and row like maniacs through 4 righteous days of Black Friday rafting deals!! This year, weโ€™re rinsing 20% off the majority of our trips from Black Friday to Cyber Monday. Ya-to-the-hoo-hoo-HOO!!! So to all [...]