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 * Explore
   * * Animas River
   * * Arkansas River
   * * Blue River
   * * Cache la Poudre River
   * * Clear Creek River
   * * Colorado – Lower
   * * Colorado – Upper
   * * Dolores River
   * * Eagle River
   * * Green River
   * * Gunnison River
   * * North Platte
   * * Piedra River
   * * Rio Grande River
   * * Roaring Fork River
   * * San Juan River
   * * San Miguel River
   * * Taylor River
   * * Uncompahgre River
   * * Yampa River
 * Plan Adventure
   * * Whitewater Safety Video
   * * River Comfort
   * * River Ratings
   * * River Management Agencies
 * Membership
   * * Membership Login
   * * New Membership Application
 * Convention
   * * Convention Agenda
   * * Convention Hotel
   * * Registered Vendors
   * * Vendor Registration
   * * Attendee Registration
   * * Sponsor Registration
 * Media
   * * Annual Commercial River Use Report
   * * Colorado Rivers in the News
   * * CROA Press Releases
 * Contact


 * Home
 * Explore
   * Animas River
   * Arkansas River
   * Blue River
   * Cache la Poudre River
   * Clear Creek River
   * Colorado – Lower
   * Colorado – Upper
   * Dolores River
   * Eagle River
   * Green River
   * Gunnison River
   * North Platte
   * Piedra River
   * Rio Grande River
   * Roaring Fork River
   * San Juan River
   * San Miguel River
   * Taylor River
   * Uncompahgre River
   * Yampa River
 * Plan Adventure
   * Whitewater Safety Video
   * River Comfort
   * River Ratings
   * River Management Agencies
 * Membership
   * Membership Login
   * New Membership Application
 * Convention
   * Convention Agenda
   * Convention Hotel
   * Registered Vendors
   * Vendor Registration
   * Attendee Registration
   * Sponsor Registration
 * Media
   * Annual Commercial River Use Report
   * Colorado Rivers in the News
   * CROA Press Releases
 * Contact


THE COLORADO RIVER OUTFITTERS ASSOCIATION

Welcome to the online headquarters of the Colorado River Outfitters Association
(CROA), your premier resource for information about
commercial river rafting in the state of Colorado.

CROA is a trade association representing approximately 45 licensed professional
river rafting outfitters who specialize in providing outstanding outdoor
adventures for families and individuals of all tastes and capabilities. The
organization’s mission is to promote rafting in Colorado and provide a reasoned
voice on legislative, regulatory and other developments that affect the
commercial rafting industry, the health of local rivers and Colorado’s tourism
economy as a whole.

Use this website to find an outfitter and plan a vacation, to explore the
advantages of CROA membership or to simply get better educated about the
exceptional natural wonders that make Colorado America’s #1 rafting destination.


WATCH ABOUT CROA




ACTIVITIES OFFERED BY CROA MEMBERS

In addition to rafting and float fishing, many outfitters offer other activities
as indicated below. When you book your outing be sure to ask what else is
available to you.


RAFTING


FLOAT FISHING


INFLATABLE KAYAKS


KAYAKING


JET BOATING


ZIP-LINE

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ADVENTURE GALLERY

CACHE LA POUDRE
RIVER

CLEAR CREEK
RIVER

COLORADO
UPPER RIVER

COLORADO
LOWER RIVER

PIEDRA
RIVER

ARKANSAS
RIVER

UNCOMPAHGRE
RIVER

RIO GRANDE
RIVER

GUNNISON
RIVER

SAN JUAN
RIVER

BLUE
RIVER

DOLORES
RIVER

YAMPA
RIVER

EAGLE
RIVER

GREEN
RIVER

NORTH PLATTE
RIVER

ROARING FORK
RIVER

SAN MIGUEL
RIVER

TAYLOR
RIVER

ANIMAS
RIVER

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We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to
anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the
widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.

To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web
Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA
level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people
with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us
ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with
motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.

This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as
accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that
allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user
interface) and design it to their personal needs.

Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the
background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application
remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for
screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by
individuals with motor impairments.

If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to
hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the
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   Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
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   help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and
   others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.
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   disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily
   while significantly reducing distractions.
 * Blindness Mode: this mode configures the website to be compatible with
   screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader
   is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone,
   and websites must be compatible with it.
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including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft
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NOTES, COMMENTS, AND FEEDBACK

Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their
needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are
in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological
solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our
accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and
developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal
level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any
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