Category: rafting

Steep, Freezing and Fast: California’s Epic Snowpack Promises a Whitewater Rafting Season for the Ages

By Jack Dolan From Los Angeles Times Imagine racing down a steep river of recently melted snow toward a roaring rapid. You’re sitting on the outside edge of an inflatable raft with a paddle in your hands, so you can’t hold onto anything else. All that’s keeping you in the boat—and out of the freezing…


Huck Finn Meets Caribbean: Rafting the Rivers of Jamaica

I think of it as Huck Finn meets the Caribbean. Few other activities are as soothing as floating down a lazy river, and the lush landscape of Jamaica provides the ideal setting for a day trip on a raft. Various rivers curl down from the island’s mountains to the sea, passing through rich foliage burgeoning…