Trip Report by E Emch In mid-June, I went on my first planned five day trip on the John Day River: Clarno to Cottonwood; a 70ish mile section. I also decided to add another first: doing the run in a canoe. I have been canoeing off and on for the past eight years or so, …
Lumpy Waters 2018 – It was a great weekend of boating. Over 150 paddlers converged on Pacific City, Oregon to enjoy incredible weather, fun surf and surfing, rock garden paddling, skills building clinics and even an afternoon with the whales! Lumpy 10 was really a 10 this year! Program manager Andrew Romanelli from Alder …
John Day River – Clarno to Cottonwood By: Matt Maddalena and Dave Slover Oregon has many beautiful long stretches of camping rivers with whitewater. For this “Team Alder Creek” staff trip we chose to float the John Day – Clarno to Cottonwood, a 70 mile section of river located in north central Oregon. The tentative …
