Affinity Based Trips

Join Holiday and The Venture out Project as we dive into our 5th year of LGBTQ+ trip offerings! Or join us in our 4th year of running our in-house BIPOC Westwater Trip! Regardless of how you identify, you are most welcome to go with the flow with us!

Find joy within the container of an identity-based group space. Holiday, and our partners share a belief that although there is no such thing as a truly “safe” space, we DO strive to create brave spaces allowing folks to let their guards down and connect to something bigger than themselves.

These Affinity Trip offerings are a chance to reclaim a long-standing and powerful connection to wild places and help heal how all of us move across the waters and lands we share. They are also a chance to simply relax and have fun!

If you have any questions regarding any of our affinity group trips don’t hesitate to call our administrative office!

In a gesture of respect and appreciation for the Indigenous people who have lived on and cared for the rivers and canyons where we play, Holiday wishes to acknowledge that the areas we operate across are the traditional homeland of the Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute) people and the Eastern Shoshone people. Read more about our land acknowledgements here.

beautiful canyon views while rowing down lodore canyon

LGBTQ+ Lodore Canyon Rafting Trip 2026

Starting Price: Sliding Scale

Minimum Age: 18

Meeting Location: Vernal, UT

July 17 – 20, 2026
World class scenery – stunning red canyon walls peppered with trees hold your gaze above
Crystal clear green water carries you through this sliver of utopia
Fully catered delicious meals, quality rental equipment, & comfortably designed boats
Experience a marvelous place in the company of fellow LGTBQIA+ folks

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BIPOC Westwater Canyon Rafting Trip

Starting Price: Sliding Scale

Minimum Age: 18

Meeting Location: Green River, UT

August 14 – 16, 2026 (3 days)
A collaboration with a team of BIPOC friends and trip participants to co-create an intentional and brave space in the backcountry
Perfect balance between thrilling Class III-IV whitewater, tranquil calm stretches, and breathtaking scenery
Connect to the natural world, and yourself, in an entirely BIPOC community of fellow guests & facilitators
With fully catered delicious meals, comfortable rental equipment, & elegantly designed boats

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A Case for Identity-Based Trips

Systemic oppression has long impacted marginalized identities in a myriad of ways: Indigenous peoples erased from history books, Black folks subjugated by extractive capitalism, immigrants exoticized or defined as “other,” and queer and trans communities punished for challenging gender norms.

This structural violence found in our communities is rooted in a profound disconnection in our relationship to wild-places. Indigenous wisdom across cultures consistently points towards this and many other deeper truths.

While queer, trans, Black, and so many communities of color have connection to urban environments, whether for safety or by circumstance, it doesn’t change the fact that they have also existed in remote and wild places forever.

White supremacy, patriarchy, and heteronormativity may be the sea we often swim in; but in the great outdoors we have a unique opportunity to re-imagine, heal, and find “right relationship” with each other and the land.

Why Choose Holiday?

These backcountry spaces have historically centered a certain brand of white environmentalism that Holiday seeks to challenge and complicate. Following leadership from impacted communities, these trips were dreamed up and cultivated with an eye towards justice not bottom-lines.

Holiday has attempted to work on our company’s internal culture to create a place where employees and guests can find support and acceptance. From Holiday’s company leadership to newly hired guides, it is Holiday’s stated goal to work towards inclusion.

That can be seen through our code of conduct, our diligent staff training and our emphasis not only on the hard-skills of getting you safely down a river or trail, but seeing your humanity while doing so.