FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Even with 20 years as a whitewater rafting guide under his dry suit, Jeff “Mudflap” Estes admits he was “a little nervous” heading into the Nenana River Canyon on ...

More than half of Alaska cruisers add land adventure tours to their itineraries. The water in the Nenana River was 35 degrees during the whitewater-rafting trip. You can pan for gold%2C but don't ...

I just returned from an eight-day, four-person, unguided float trip in southwestern Alaska that cost less than $2,500 apiece, round-trip from Spokane, including raft rentals, pre-trip lodging ...

A visitor to the Denali area died of an accidental drowning on a commercial rafting trip on the Nenana River last month, according to Alaska State Troopers. Pamela Waaser, 67, of North Carolina ...

Be sure to: • stop at the Nenana Visitors Center on Fifth and A streets. It’s open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., daily. The Taku Chief, the last of the wood-bottom tugs that worked the river, is on ...

An Alaska State Troopers vehicle in Bethel. (Elyssa Loughlin/KYUK) A woman from North Carolina died last month on an Interior rafting trip, Alaska State Troopers said Tuesday. According to an ...