Did you know Hatch River Expeditions once sent a Ford LTD on a raft down the Colorado River? The year was 1967, and Ford...
Flashback Friday: The Grand Canyon, a Ford LTD on a raft, and Ted Hatch
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Flashback Friday: The Grand Canyon, a Ford LTD on a raft, and Ted Hatch
Did you know Hatch River Expeditions once sent a Ford LTD on a raft down the Colorado River? The year was 1967, and Ford wanted to show its vehicles being thrashed about on the rustic backcountry Colorado River and then driving away unscathed. The company...
Flashback Friday: History of Motorized Rafts in Grand Canyon
Flashback Friday: 1984 Ted Hatch Interview – Part 2 On the origins of the Hatch family in Utah and how the motorized rafts came to be used in Grand Canyon UPDATE 6.20.25: We found the commercial! We’ll post the whole story of how we came to...
Eva Hatch and Doris Calder: The First Women on the Yampa and Green Rivers
Eva Hatch and Doris Calder: The First Women on the Yampa and Green Rivers While much emphasis is often placed on historic “firsts”—such as the first to reach space or the first to run the Colorado River—there’s another first that holds significant...
Journey of a Hatch Duffel Bag
Journey of a Hatch Duffel Bag If you’re on an Upper Canyon or Lower Canyon trip with Hatch, you are well aware that the Bright Angel Trail hike into or out of the Grand Canyon is long, strenuous, and MANDATORY. For this reason, many guests who book this style of trip...
Hatch Team Advocates for Outdoor Recreation in Washington D.C.
Hatch Team Travels to Washington D.C. as Advocates for Outdoor Recreation You probably know Hatch River Expeditions for our awesome river trips, but did you know that the Hatch team also actively advocates for the whole outdoor recreation industry? In the...