A beloved community event is making its return to Kernville as the local rafting season kicks off.Three local ...

With a healthy snowpack in the Sierras, the Kern River above Isabella Lake is running full and local businesses can take you for as much or as little adventure as you can handle. "Forty-five minutes ...

UPPER KERN RIVER — Imagine racing down a steep river ... s considered one of the most challenging commercially run rafting trips in the United States. McDonnell, whose father pioneered trips ...

it means the lower Kern below the dam and in the Kern River Canyon will be ripe for continued rafting trips. "We expect rafting flows until Halloween," Moore said. "That's our planned closing date." ...

UPPER KERN RIVERUPPER KERN RIVER — Imagine racing down a steep ... considered one of the most challenging commercially run rafting trips in the United States. McDonnell, whose father pioneered ...

In 2022, only limited trips could be made on the river’s North ... for parts of the Kaweah, Kern and Tule rivers due to the cold, swift water, restricting access to rafting companies with ...

but it's good news if your business is whitewater rafting. Joshua Yeager of member station KVPR takes us to the Sierra Nevada mountains on the upper Kern River. (SOUNDBITE OF WATER RUSHING ...

FORWARD. FORWARD.” Rafters negotiate churning rapids during an early-season rafting tour on the Upper Kern River. (Jack Dolan / Los Angeles Times) And then, as suddenly as it began, you exit the ...

In 2022, only limited trips could be made on the river’s North ... for parts of the Kaweah, Kern and Tule rivers due to the cold, swift water, restricting access to rafting companies with ...

“This is an epic whitewater rafting season,” said Deric ... has warned the public to only raft on the Kern River with professional guided tours and not to attempt floating on their own.