Rafting News

Lake Bottom Park in Columbus was the scene of an expansive art fair with activities for all ages over the weekend.

A state judge says a whitewater rafting company can resume guided trips in the Adirondacks but must post a $50,000 bond and cannot rent rafts or kayaks to customers who captain their own boats on rivers requiring licensed guides.

Dateline the region: We think it's pretty amazing that a statewide bald eagle nesting survey shows there are 30 active nests in Massachusetts - including eight along the Connecticut River and six at the Quabbin Reservoir.

It cradles and coddles rafters for lazy, languishing days before throwing them into a cascading crush of chaos and conceivable catastrophe in Cataract Canyon.

With snowmelt trickling down the mountainsides, white-water enthusiasts are bubbling in anticipation of big rapids.

U.S. Sen. Mark Udall is asking for the public's help in crafting legislation to create a national monument that would include 22,000 acres on both sides of the Arkansas River between Salida and Buena Vista in south-central Colorado - an area renowned for its whitewater rafting.

The First Annual Adirondack Challenge , taking place July 21, 2013 , will be a celebration of the food, fun, and fresh air that the Adirondack's are famous for! The Adirondack Challenge is a celebration of New York's beautiful Adirondack Mountains , and the inaugural festivities will take place in Indian Lake, New York.

A new 2.5 mile whitewater rafting course will officially open to the public next Saturday in Columbus.

'Kon-Tiki' follows a group of men who try to replicate a 4,300-mile rafting trip despite the potential peril.

In February, News 3 reported about the lack of measures regulating the rafting industry , which includes nothing that even makes someone wear a life jacket.

Souvenir Chattahoochee whitewater rafting T-shirts for sale at the Whitewater Express office in Phenix City bear upon their backs a map of the 2.5-mile course with names for the rapids customers run names like "Ambush," "Turner's Tumble" and "Heaven's Gate." Dan Gilbert of Whitewater Express said the names are subject to change.

California's No. 1 whitewater river - The Mighty T, the Tuolumne River - is in near-perfect shape right now as the rafting season launches for summer.

Frosty the Snowman went on a crash diet this year. Despite growing fat on big storms in early winter, the white giant of the California snowpack had slimmed down quite a bit by spring.

Since its founding 24 years ago as the first whitewater rafting company on the Deerfield River, Zoar Outdoor has become such a recreational draw that it may seem like it's always existed.

Rafting up... Two of the three boatloads of paddlers raft up for a rest and a chat on Mallacoota's Top Lake.

Walking through the strong, hot breeze that Tuesday brought, an urge coursed through me that I had not felt since about this time last year, to travel.

Organizers of the Maine Outdoor Film Festival announced Aug. 24 as the date for their 2nd annual event and have invited local filmmakers and those from across the globe to screen their outdoor adventure feature films and shorts in one of Maine's most pristine wilderness areas: The Forks.

Montana wilderness, Utah mountain biking, and Wisconsin rock climbing-it's all just a few hours' drive or flight away.

Temperatures are soaring above 40 degrees and if you need a break- head towards Rishikesh, where white water rafting is attracting tourists from all over the country.

Riverfest, HooRWA's annual celebration of the Hoosic River and its watershed, will be held Saturday, May 25, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Cole Field on the Williams College campus.