When I taught whitewater kayaking classes at UC Davis, I liked to tell my students that every year, I got to enjoy California’s snowpack twice: Once in the winter when I went skiing, and then again in ...

Anyone familiar with the whitewater rafting community and culture knows it’s the people — the guides themselves — who can make a trip a special memory for a family, group of friends or strangers ...

A heroic river ranger with Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) took on the class III rapids of the Arkansas River at around midnight on July 6 to save three people whose raft flipped during a guided ...

As skiers, we spend all winter looking at the forecast, keeping track of how many inches of snow our mountain has gotten, where the snowpack lies in terms of annual average, and so on. But when the ...

GO TO BRIAN HICKEY. WELL, IF YOU’RE WATCHING THIS TV BROADCAST, IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE JUST AN HOUR OR SLIGHTLY MORE AWAY FROM SOME OF THE BEST EASY TO ACCESS WHITEWATER RAFTING IN THE COUNTRY. THE ...

In Colorado Rapids, our raft exploded in the best possible way. It was our third day floating the Lower Deschutes River, and we’d been running splashy but mostly mellow rapids in 90 degree desert heat ...

Whitewater rafting in Colorado’s early season often calls for wetsuits, helmets, and at least a bit of know-how. While snowmelt is lighter in July and the rapids aren’t as intense, there’s still ...

Graham Averill is Outside magazine’s national parks columnist, but some of his favorite adventures have happened inside state parks. New perk: Easily find new routes and hidden gems, upcoming running ...