Down Wind River

A day of rafting Wind River. 55 miles, 14 hours trip down Wind River stretch between Dubois and Riverton. The water was getting low from the spring runoff but some sections were still fun enough.

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• riverton
• fremont
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• mariner

[VEHICROS]

More about our trip down the Rio Grand. I estimated the trip at 4 hours, it nearly took 8 due to lack of water flow. We were stuck on sand many times. The plastic parts of one oar started to make creaking sounds after about 6 hours of constant paddling, Over all the raft has seen about 15 hours of use and held up fine. We plan to take it on the II - III parts of the river and other than filling up with water I think the raft will do fine. I imagine yours filled with water?

[matters8]

@VEHICROS Sounds like you had some fun. I think Mariner is build a little sturdier then Exursion so might be a better choice for whitewater rafting. I am pretty content with it. It did fine for a $350 raft. Better test will be next spring when water will be higher and I am planning to raft a section farther up the stream where the water is much more rougher and there is more rapids.

[VEHICROS]

I purchased the Intex Excursion 4. Its taken scrapes on rocks etc, and held up great. On a 8 hour trip down the rio grand on a hot day the plastic around the boston valves softened up in the heat and popped out like two boobs, but otherwise everything else was fine. I had wondered if I should have bought the 5 instead. but the 4 is roomy enough for 4. Now wanting more seeking a whitewater raft, and wondering if the Mariner would be an affordable compromise to a raft costing $1000 plus?