Rafting the lower Owyhee River is highly regarded as a once-in-a-lifetime experience that will introduce you to some of eastern Oregon’s most spectacular and untouched high desert landscapes.

This is a Mecca for white water rafting, and depending on what time of year you visit ... Take, for example, the Upper Owyhee ...

The Owyhee River runs 280 miles through mountains, deserts and the flat, arid plateaus of northern Nevada, southern Idaho and southeastern Oregon. It carves through deep, prominent, multi-color ...

See trip details for rafting the Owyhee River in Nevada, Idaho, or Oregon, one of 100 best American adventure trips from National Geographic.

Rafting the Owyhee River through the desert canyonlands is an adventure through rugged wilderness and a tie to the indigenous people and early white settlers who traveled this Idaho/Oregon spot.

On May 23, Robert Desmarais, 65, of Hauser, died in a frothing Owyhee River keeper hole during a rafting trip guided by Coeur d’Alene-based ROW Adventures.

The 1,500-foot-high rhyolite cliffs flanking Oregon's Owyhee River were a feast of sunlight and shadow to the eye and lens, while the high desert river alternated between pools and Class III-plus ...

The Owyhee River is a high-desert float, full of dark, sheer volcanic canyons, dry washes, hot springs, prickly landscapes, and rollicking rapids.Because it drains the parched landscape of ...

Terry Richard/The OregonianRafters prepare to launch on the Owyhee River at Rome, unusually lucky indeed to have enough water flow to begin a trip on the desert river as late as June 8. You haven ...

Above-average mountain snowpack, ranging from 96% in the Clearwater River Basin to 129% in the Payette and 112% in the Salmon and Owyhee River Basins, is expected to bring an exciting, long ...