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Exploring FarOut’s Best Rafting Features
Exploring FarOut's Best Rafting Features Not just another navigation app. FarOut was built for thru hiking and rafting. FarOut added whitewater rafting to their guidebooks earlier this [...]
Find shady and sunny campsites with ShadeMap
Find shady and sunny campsites with ShadeMap Set the date and ShadeMap will show you when the camp has shade. The above GIF is of Soap Creek camp [...]
Middle Fork of the Salmon guidebook available for download
Middle Fork of the Salmon Guidebook Available to Download Middle Fork of the Salmon guide available to download on FarOut Our fifth guidebook release, the Middle Fork [...]
Bear Strategies for your Tatshenshini & Alsek rafting trip
Bear Strategies for your Tatshenshini & Alsek rafting trip Matilda the bear eating flowers. Photo by Steve Merrow. Jump to section: Bears overview Best practices for bear [...]
President Jimmy Carter’s Middle Fork trip
President Jimmy Carter's Middle Fork Trip Jimmy Carter on the sweep boat. Public domain photo. On August 22, 1978 President Jimmy Carter and his family took [...]
Upper Klamath guidebook available for download
Upper Klamath Guidebook Available to Download Upper Klamath guide available to download on FarOut Our fourth guidebook release, the Upper Klamath guidebook is now available to download [...]
Kern River Flows – all river gauges
Kern River Flows While most people will stick to the Kernville gauge for the Upper Kern and the Below Isabella gauge for the Lower Kern, sometimes you [...]
Wild and Scenic Rogue guidebook available for download
Wild and Scenic Rogue Guidebook Available to Download Wild and Scenic Rogue guide available to download on FarOut Our third guidebook release, the Wild and Scenic Rogue [...]
Kern private boater permits to return for 2022 season
Kern private boater permits to return for 2022 season Kern river permits are back! Photo from 2019 at Horseshoe Falls rapid. Since 2020, private boating permits for the [...]
New river: East Glacial River added to database
The East Glacial guidebook is online The East Glacial guidebook can be found here. Below is a note from Steve Merrow, the author of the guidebook. Europe’s [...]
Best Kern River campgrounds for rafting
Kern River Camping Kern River Camping If you are planning a weekend Kern rafting trip and you're looking for a campground, then you have a lot of options. [...]
New river: Hudson River Gorge added to database
Hudson River Gorge is Online Class II, III and IV whitewater through the iconic Hudson River Gorge offers a stunning rafting experience. This section has jump rocks, surf [...]