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Wisdom from River Guides
Over the past few years I’ve done eight river trips on our grand western rivers: the Colorado, Green, and Salmon. The shortest trip was 6....
River Trips: Skip the Small Talk
As you’re packing for the river trip you’ve been daydreaming about for weeks (maybe even months, or years), it suddenly dawns on you — you’re....
Social but Distanced
This past summer as COVID-19 travel restrictions began to ease up, we asked Portland-based writer Adam Edwards and photographer Kenny Hamlett to join us for....
How to Snag 10 of the Most Coveted Private River Permits
In Edward Abbey’s book, Desert Solitaire, published in 1968, the author and a friend decided on a whim to float the Colorado River—a kind of....
This Dory Lover Has Done More Than 50 Trips with OARS
You could say Jeff Gellert is an OARS super fan. Over a span of nearly three decades, he’s been on a total of 53 river....
The Art of Dutch Oven Cooking
Commotion at the prep table in the boathouse kitchen caught my attention. I drifted toward two fellow guides deep in the throes of problem-solving something....
5 Cool Astronomy Events and Where to See Them
There’s something so magical about seeing the night sky come alive, whether it’s watching a colorful harvest moon float above the horizon or noticing that....
6 of the West’s Best Swimming Holes You Can’t Get to by Car
Multi-day river trips are a unique experience, in part because they offer access to campsites and side hikes you’d ordinarily never get to see. Those....