On a two-day expedition down one of California’s most spectacular—and thrilling—waterways, David Amsden and his family try ...

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 ...

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

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 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 ...

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 ...

“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.

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 ...

Rafters floating down the Kern River near Kernville ... In the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada foothills, river swimming holes and rafting trips are a way of life each summer.

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 ...

“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.

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 ...