Love going with the smaller, non corporate places when we can. As others have mentioned, the Royal Gorge water is too high to raft right now so they divert to Bighorn Sheep Canyon which still had some class IV and III rapids. Unless you've rafted a ton and have a super specific experience in mind I think you'll be satisfied with the alternate trip. If not, you're probably going to have to wait until mid-July for the Gorge to open this year. Anywho, our guide Nathan was thorough with the safety briefing and clear instructions about what to do in case of any problems, which is something that I've had other rafting guides gloss over. It was an oddly cold weekend and not a lot of people out and about so my husband and I were the only ones in our raft besides Nathan. What a blast! I'd recommend rafting with Lost Paddle to anyone.