River Rafting Information
This site is a collection of information about the best rafting trips in the Western United States. The river descriptions includes maps, pictures, a list of outfitters, and important details to help plan your rafting or kayaking trip.
Rafting Headlines (recent posts from the best rafting blogs)
- July 4th Holiday Vacation Rafting Trips
Jul 3, 2008Are you rueing your lack of holiday planning? Jealous of those family road trips, weekend getaways and glutinous BBQs you didn’t RSVP to? Be green with envy no longer! Banish thoughts of stealing...
- Curry Chicken Salad
Jul 3, 2008We have had several requests for our Curry Chicken Salad recipe over the past week, so we thought we would share it with the world! The ingredients 6 large cans of chicken (or chicken cooked the ni...
- Merced River: Fare thee well until next year!
Jul 2, 2008Well kids, it’s time to pack up your sleeping bag, brush the cookie crumbs out of your tent, and head on home–the Merced River is officially out of commission until next spring when its rolling wav...
- Largest Rafting Segment- Boomers
Jul 1, 2008Adventure travel and whitewater rafting are at the top of the list for the baby boomer generation. Don't expect them to sit at home and spend their retirement. Most studies show that this market...
- 2007 Junior World Wildwater Championships
Jul 1, 2008This year the Junior Wildwater Championships were held in Columbia. Participants from all around the world came together for the event, in efforts to take home the championship. A total of90 comp...
- Some 2007 Rafting Success
Jul 1, 2008Depending on which region of the country you look at, 2007 gave mixed results as far as the rafting industry as a whole. However, Maine claims a great year for all the whitewater rafting outfitter...
- Rafting Outfitters Merger in the East
Jul 1, 2008Most of the rafting industry has heard about the mergers happening in West Virginia as of late. Two notable mergers have come about recently, due to business development and competitive strategy. ...
- Rafting Article in USA Today
Jul 1, 2008USA Today ran a good article about white water rafting and the snow levels across the country. Laura Bly did a great job at talking to the right people and getting the facts on what is really happ...
- Wine Tasting on the American River July 19th
Jun 28, 2008It takes all kinds: some of us are dyed-in-the-wool adventurers, undaunted by blazing sun, blood-sucking insects, raging waters and the blackest mud, others have mastered instead the class V art of...
- Beth G: River Guide
Jun 25, 2008With a voice as big as All-Outdoors, Beth makes her presence known. Whether she’s rockin’ the dance floor, leading a river trip, or hanging out with friends, her good humor and love of life is imp...
- Quotes From Our First Trips of the Season
Jun 25, 2008Middle Fork of the Salmon Trips “Scenery, Weather, Water, Food—it was all great!” “The bliss experienced by floating the Middle Fork in a place of such beauty, combined with the positive energy of ...
- Good water and Great Weather
Jun 24, 2008The water and the weather are combining for some incredible Lower Rogue River Rafting Trips. The forecasted flows for the Rogue River from the Army Core of Engineers projects that the Rogue River w...
- Merced River Update: Quarter Mile now in the House!
Jun 22, 2008The Mighty Mer is a fickle river, with a character as inconstant as the moon depending on flows. Until recently, we’ve had flows of around 2200-2000 cfs. This amount of water creates the huge rol...
- Last weekend for rafting the Kaweah River in 2008
Jun 19, 2008It’s been a great season down there in Three Rivers with some seriously epic days and awesome whitewater, but, as they say, all good things must come to end…… so after this weekend our Kaweah guide...
- New Addition to South Fork Trips: Riverside Massage!
Jun 19, 2008Professional massages are now available as a lux little add-on to your two-day rafting trip on the South Fork of the American River. Can you honestly imagine anything better after a day on the wat...

