The '10 California Rivers' Category Archive


Why the Men’s Journal Is Wrong About Whitewater Rafting in California This Year

Ok, look… we’re a bit miffed. The Men’s Journal published an article claiming to highlight the “The Best Whitewater Rafting Destinations for 2014“, and with the season here underway we were excited to read the list.  But not only did […]

Rim Fire Update: Tuolumne River’s Road to Recovery

AO Rafting owner Scott A got the opportunity to check out the Tuolumne River canyon with the US Forest Service last week. Although still closed to the general public, the Forest Service has been working on the access road to the Tuolumne put-in

AO Rafting on NPR: “Whitewater Rafting to Continue Despite Dry Winter”

This article accompanied Scott A’s interview on Capital Public Radio’s Insight program on January 15, 2014.  You can listen to the entire interview as well.

Tuolumne Rim Fire Update 2013

UPDATE: Rim Fire’s Impact on California Rafting [MAP]

UPDATE: (8/28/2013) Not only are we running trips on the South and Middle Forks of the American River, but we are also running guided rafting trips on the Goodwin Canyon run of the lower Stanislaus River in late October. This […]

Rim Fire: AO Rafting’s Front Row Experience

This is what AO Rafting experienced as the Rim Fire began a week ago.   On Saturday, August 17, a small fire started in the Clavey River drainage, a few miles north of the starting point for All-Outdoors’ Tuolumne Class IV trips […]

Impact of Rim Fire on the Tuolumne and Cherry Creek

Many of you are no doubt wondering how the Rim Fire has developed and the impact it will have on Tuolumne and Cherry Creek river trips. We’ll have better understanding over time, of course, but here is what I have […]

25 Years of Cherry Creek Rafting

There has been plenty of reminiscing around here lately.  Last year we hit the big 5-0 in terms of years on California rivers–and this summer we realized that we’ve been on the mack-Daddy of the them all, Cherry Creek for […]

A Unique and Special Rafting Trip: Honoring the Path of the Warrior

We are excited and delighted to say that this will be the third year that AO will be privileged to provide post 911 and Persian Gulf veterans with a special rafting and camping experience sponsored by the organization, Honoring the […]

Hospital Bar Rapid: Class III

One of the most well-known rapids on the South Fork of the American River…the fan-favorite Hospital Bar. What is it really like? Read the play-by-play and watch the video here.

Rafting Amongst Family and Friends

Trips with family and friends are fun. There’s a boat (or maybe two) of you floating down the river, splashing around, laughing through rapids. But what happens when you get the whole clan together? This past weekend a group of […]

 
 

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