Now it’s back down to safe rafting flows, and there’s still water coming downstream. The river is so beautiful that Congress designated it as Wild and Scenic in 1987, but its value is more ...

A family-friendly white-water rafting trip could be ideal for post-quarantine. ... trips usually start 25 miles downstream, and rafters are flown into a Forest Service airstrip at Indian Creek.

Whitewater rafters portaged a boat for 16 miles beside the Kern River, protesting the removal of water for a hydropower plant ...

The raging Gauley River has just bucked me off my raft and sucked me into its depths, swishing me around like a mouthful of Listerine before spitting me out downstream. I emerge unscathed ...

Because of the snowpack, the water master can’t release water from Tahoe because it can lead to flooding downstream,” said Sydney Courcier, Truckee River Rafting Company manager.

Friday, the Poudre River flowed at more than 1,800 cubic feet per second at the canyon mouth, meaning nearby Class IV Pineview Falls ought to be rocking for a wild ride early this rafting season.

But since 2000, Lake Powell, into which the Colorado River spills via Cataract Canyon, has decreased by 140 vertical feet — a result of steadily decreasing snowpack in the mountains.

An already excellent year for rafting conditions on the Arkansas River is receiving a boost to its flow levels through Labor Day, ensuring outfitters on Colorado’s leading whitewater river wi… ...

TAHOE CITY - The sun is out, the bike trail is packed, boaters are on the lake and tourists are starting to file into North Tahoe and Truckee, but ...