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Salida Resource & Travel Guide 2022

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Horseback Riding<br />

You’re sure to have an amazing experience<br />

when you go horseback riding at Granite<br />

Mountain Outfitters. Located just about a 20-<br />

minute drive from Creekside Chalets & Cabins,<br />

they offer one- and two-hour rides as well as<br />

half- and full-day rides. Their expert wranglers<br />

will get you matched up with the perfect horse<br />

for your experience level and then you’ll set off<br />

to explore the Colorado wilderness. It will be a<br />

great time complete with amazing horses,<br />

guides, and views.<br />

Whitewater Rafting<br />

with Performance Tours Rafting<br />

The Arkansas River is one of the most popular<br />

whitewater rafting destinations in America,<br />

and it’s right out your backdoor! Performance<br />

Tours Rafting has been bringing guests down<br />

the river since 1986, and offers eight trip<br />

options on the Arkansas River for all ages and<br />

abilities. Choose from a mild & scenic float<br />

trip, exciting & family-friendly paddling<br />

through Browns Canyon National Monument,<br />

or an action-packed adventure navigating<br />

class 4+ rapids. Performance Tours Rafting<br />

has half day tours and full day trip options<br />

that include a riverside lunch.<br />

Fishing on the Arkansas River<br />

The Arkansas River provides some of the best fishing<br />

opportunities in the state with both brown and rainbow<br />

trout in its waters. The river features many miles of<br />

public access, which are easily identifiable thanks to<br />

green signs placed along its banks. If you need gear or<br />

you’d like to take a guided trip along the river, head to<br />

ArkAnglers in <strong>Salida</strong>. Not only are they a full-service fly<br />

shop but they offer a variety of walk and wade trips, float<br />

trips, and fly fishing lessons. A guided fly fishing trip with<br />

ArkAnglers ensures that you and yours don’t miss out on<br />

some of the area’s best fishing spots. They offer walk and<br />

wade trips as well as float trips, combinations of the two,<br />

and trips that take you up to high mountain lakes.<br />

The guides at ArkAnglers are professionals through and<br />

through, so whether you decide to spend half a day in<br />

their company or a whole day, you’re sure to have an<br />

incredible time.<br />

UpRiver Fly Fishing specializes in float and walk-wade<br />

trout fishing adventures based out of Buena Vista and<br />

<strong>Salida</strong>, Colorado- a short drive from Colorado Springs &<br />

Denver! All of their excursions are suitable for beginners<br />

and experts alike. Expert guides, high-quality equipment,<br />

and an exceptional meal add to the exhilaration of<br />

landing beautiful browns, rainbows and cutthroat!<br />

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