Wet Winter Promises an Epic Rafting Season
It’s no secret that the Pacific Northwest is known for rain, and to say this winter has been a wet one is like calling Mt. Hood a hill. All that rain and snow goes somewhere, and that somewhere is our rivers, meaning the already awesome-for-whitewater-rafting Clackamas River is going to be even more epic this…
I’m a River Guide
River rafting can be an exploratory journey where understandings begin to emerge between self, others, and the natural environment. Although I have guided on northern rivers for close to ten years, I have just come to realize that for much of that time my eyes were closed. They were closed to the beauty and…
Clackamas River/Sandstone Bridge to Memaloose
The Upper Clackamas River from Three Lynx to North Fork is a great 13-mile winter/spring run close to Portland, OR. You’ll experience continuous class II/III whitewater with some class IV excitement thrown in. This is among the most popular rafting trips in northern Oregon due to it’s proximity to Portland, great whitewater, camping opportunities, and classic Pacific…
What Makes a River?
THE UNITED STATES HAS MORE THAN 2.9 MILLION MILES OF RIVERS. They range from small streams and wetlands to large waterways. No two of these rivers are the same. Each river is unique to its landscape, winding through low foothills and valleys, rushing clear and cold from mountain forests, or sweeping warm and muddy down desert canyons. ANATOMY…
Wild and Scenic Rivers
The Obama Administration took decisive action in adopting a 20-year ban on new mining for over 100,000 acres of public lands in the Wild and Scenic Illinois, Rogue, and Smith River watersheds and in portions of Pistol River and Hunter Creek in Southwest Oregon. The protected area is a part of a vast, wild, largely roadless and globally unique…