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Weighted Lottery Now Open for Private Float Trips Through Grand Canyon National Park

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February 2, 2012

If you've always wanted a private float trip through Grand Canyon National Park, now's the time to get your application in. NPS photo.

Grand Canyon National Park is now accepting applications for
private river trip permits to float the Colorado River through the park during calendar year 2013.

A total of 449 permits will be available for 12- to 25-day river trips. Eligible individuals may apply online at the weighted lottery web site that can be accessed by visiting to the park's home page at www.nps.gov/grca. Select "River Trips/Permits" then "Weighted Lottery." Applications will be accepted online through noon (12:00) Mountain Standard Time on Wednesday, February 22, 2012. 

Each year in February, a main lottery is held to assign launch dates for river trips occurring the next year. Public notifications regarding main lotteries are made by both email and news release.

In addition to the annual main lottery, follow-up lotteries are held as needed throughout the remainder of the year to reassign canceled and/or left-over river trips. Public notifications for these follow-up lotteries are made through email, an RSS feed, and Twitter (twitter.com/GCRiverPermits).

The weighted lottery web site can be accessed for free year-round to create or modify an account and to sign-up to receive e-mail notifications. Individuals who are interested in a future noncommercial river permit are strongly encouraged to create an account. Lottery applications are accepted through the weighted lottery web site only when lotteries are open. 

Individuals must be 18 years or older to apply for a river trip permit. Noncommercial river trips must be self-guided, and technical whitewater experience is mandatory on each trip. Individuals may participate on a maximum of one river trip per year (commercial or noncommercial).

Individuals interested in professionally-guided river trips should not apply through the lottery, but instead should request space on a commercial trip. A list of commercial companies offering guided trips can be found by visiting www.nps.gov/grca, selecting "River Trips/Permits", then "3 to 18 Day Commercial Trips".

For more information about this 2013 weighted lottery, please visit the Grand Canyon National Park web site at http://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/whitewater-rafting.htm, or contact the River Permits Office at 1-800-959-9164 or 928-638-7884, or by e-mail e-mail us.  

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