GC river running lottery for 2013 opened today

[azbackpackr]

This just came in my email. A lot of people have asked me how I did it. I just did it. A year ago, I put into the lottery for a 2012 permit and won. If you are lucky enough to win a permit, you can find experienced boaters via GCPBA to help you with your trip. You do not have to have any experience, just a wee bit of guts, and a lot of passion for rafting Grand Canyon:

The 2013 Main Lottery is now accepting applications for 449 calendar year 2013 noncommercial river trips. Lottery applications will be accepted through noon MST on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, and the lottery drawing will take place by the end of that week. Applicants can log in after Friday, February 24, 2012 to find out if they won.

Lottery winners will have until noon MST on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 to pay their trip deposits ($400 for standard sized trips, $200 for small sized trips).

A list of the available launch dates can be found at http://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/c ... -dates.htm

Additionally, the following 2012 launch dates were previously released in follow-up lotteries and were not claimed. They are currently available outside of the lottery system to the first live caller to 1-800-959-9164 (i.e. cannot be claimed by leaving a message).
Standard Sized Trips (1 - 16 people):
February 2012: 3
March 2012: 1, 3, 4

If you need any assistance, please ask. We are happy to help.


Sincerely,
Steve Sullivan, Grand Canyon River Permits Office

[mikehikes]

Look out for Lava!!!

[azbackpackr]

Look out for Lava!!!

Have a little trouble at Lava recently, Mike?

[mikehikes]

Not sure if you'd call it trouble. Best part was convincing the newbies I did it on purpose. :stretch:

[azbackpackr]

I'm sure you did, just so's you'd have something to brag about for the next 5 years (to add to that list, I should say!) :GB: