Whitewater rafting in the west can be incredibly satisfying. Wilderness multi-day trips, jaw-dropping class V drops, amazing scenery, and miles upon miles of water make the western United States the place to be for whitewater enthusiasts. Have an upcoming Rogue river rafting trip planned? Thinking about a Forks of the Kern trip? Whether you're new to whitewater or have thousands of miles of rivers underneath your, um, drysuit, you will be able to find accurate and useful information at Gnar-Runners.com.

While you're here, don't forget to check out our river photo gallery. We're always looking for new shots so if you've got any that you wouldn't mind having posted here, just send them our way. In return you'll get a lot of good river karma.

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Whitewater News and Updates

IDAHO HEADLINES:

• Top 3 Tips for Whitewater Photography Surf's up on the River.
Photo by Tysun McMullan.

Nothing pushes the post-vacation blues away better...
• The Best River Trip in the World Earlier this week when National Geographic came out with news that the Middle Fork of the Salmon ...
• Middle Fork of the Salmon | August 1-6, 2009

The August 1 ? 6 Middle Fork trip had everything a memorable river trip should have: Exciting whi...
• Middle Fork of the Salmon | July 8 - 12, 2009 Our July 8th Middle Fork was a great week on the river with long time guests Rick and Amie and n...
• Middle Fork of the Salmon | June 3-6, 2009 Our first Middle Fork trip of the season launched on June 3rd with the water running at 6'. Tom T...
• Middle Fork Salmon Snowpack Snowpack in the Middle Fork of the Salmon River drainage is now over 100% of normal. This is goin...
• Middle Fork Salmon High Water Contest
The annual Middle Fork of the Salmon High Water Contest will be coming to a close on April 15th a...
• River Rafting Vacations - The Real All-Inclusive Family Trip Here's a recent press release about our rafting trips. For the actual release, please visit it he...
• Middle Fork of the Salmon FOOD On all of our river trips, we tend to eat pretty darn well. Our specialty is using the Dutch Oven...
• Counting Down the Days Are you counting down the days until summer? We certainly are. Native Americans along the Middle ...
• Grand Canyon Rafting Trip Report Sean joined Idaho River Journeys on a Main Salmon rafting trip in June of 2008 in which he brough...
• Where's THAT at? We've got a photo contest on Facebook right now. Check out the album "Where's THAT at?" and try t...
• Middle Fork Salmon featured on StarChefs.com
In August of 2008, we ran a special three-day Middle Fork of the Salmon trip from the Flying B to...
• Family Rafting Trips
People ask us all the time: "is this trip suitable for my child?" There are a lot of factors that...
• Best Adventure Travel Outfitter on Earth
We are pleased to announce that National Geographic Adventure has selected Idaho River Journeys t...
 

OREGON HEADLINES:

• Expanded business on the Rogue River We're excited to have signifcantly expanded our business on the Rogue over the winter. We bought...
• Rogue River Journeys has a new blog! Thanks for checking out our new blog. We hope to post current river news, summer-time river deals...

CALIFORNIA HEADLINES:

• The Resurrection of the Rafting Center Those of you who rafted with us the afternoon of July 23rd, 2009 might remember this harrowing si...
• The 2010 Snow Pack is Building The high country in the Southern Sierra took a pounding last week as three moisture laden storms ...
• Fall on the Kern River After a long season, even the Kern River requires a rest from the annual whitewater run off that ...
• National Geographic Adventure Magazine Dubs the Kern a Must Do Rafting Trip National Geographic Adventure Magazine just listed Kern River Outfitters and our Upper Kern River...
• Friend of KRO: Dave Derr This is a time of transition for Dave. On Monday after 30 years of service he retired from the fi...
• Lower Kern Whitewater Rafting Water levels on the Lower Kern are perfect for rafting. On July 25th, we sent a video camera down...
• Perfect rafting flows on the Lower Kern River Southern California's Lower Kern River, which offers-up some of the best whitewater rafting in th...
• Sundown Falls on the Lower Kern River The Lower Kern has some great class III and IV rapids. One of the largest drops on the river is a...
• Powerful Possum on the Lower Kern River The first day of our two-day rafting trip on the Lower Kern River ends with a bang. Powerful Poss...
• Pub and Grubbing on the Lower Kern River The Pub and Grub was an amazing success last night at our Lower Kern River Camp. We had lots of g...
• Kern River Valley Firework Show For those of you who missed the Fourth of July fireworks show this last weekend, here are a few s...
• Sixth Annual Kern River Clean-Up Day Kern River Outfitters is proud to sponsor the sixth annual Kern River Clean-Up Day on July 11th. ...
• Return of the Pub and Grub on the Lower Kern River Most already know that the Kern River offers up some of California's best rafting trips and white...
• Kern River Rafting Report In a recent article, Dana Nichols of the LA Adventure Travel Examiner, wrote that on the Kern Riv...
• Upper Kern River Clean Up Day Kern River Outfitters is proud to team with the Sequoia National Forest, California Land Manageme...

RIVER EQUIPMENT HEADLINES:

• Kayaking and Rafting with kids???a progression
First off, rafting. I???ll cover kayaking in the next post.
I was reading in the paper the other d...
• Avon Rafts in Action... We will start off with a shot of the past. Picture this: Trish Papale guiding on the South Fork...
• Green Wall Rapid on the Illinois River Here is a great video posted of Jeff Kellogg and Dan Thurber's run through Green Wall rapid on th...
• Oh yes, the Illinois River Just completed a great trip on the Illinois river in Southern Oregon. It was snowing a little bi...
• Welcome to our new blog! Hello and thank you for checking out our new blog. We'll be posting stories from the river, hot ...