Accident Database

Report ID#68674

2023-07-20
accident date
Unidentified Woman
victim
n/a
victim age
Arkansas River
river
Brown's Canyon
section
Toilet Bowl Rapid
location
n/a
gage
n/a
water level
III
river difficulty
Impact/Trauma
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
Cold Water
factors
Commercial
trip type
Raft
boat type
status?
status

Description

On July 20, 2023, my parents and niece took an afternoon raft trip with Wilderness Aware Rafting through Browns Canyon National Monument. In the toilet bowl rapid, the guide, both my parents, and two or three other guests all went in the river. All the swimmers got back into the boat except my mom, who was left in the water, hanging onto the boat through the next rapid. She ended up in the emergency room with bruised ribs, and another of the guests injured their ankle enough to be seen noticeably limping to their car