The 'Fresh from the River' Category Archive

There is more to an All-Outdoors river trip than moving down the river and hitting some awesome rapids! Check out these late-summer rafters enjoying the freedom of a quieter day on the South Fork American by jumping off rocks.

Last weekend saw four generations of the Armstrong clan, including All-Outdoors founder George Armstrong, now 96, come together for the annual family rafting trip on the South Fork American River.

If you have never rafted through the Tunnel Chute rapid on the Middle Fork American River before, this video will give you a very good idea of what it’s like to ride down this iconic Class 4 drop.

After taking its sweet time, the 2023 Cherry Creek rafting season is finally here! Higher river flows caused by the abundant snowpack kept rafters away from this Class 5 run until early August, but the season will still end on Labor Day, so plan your trip ASAP!

We love a good splash fight! Whether you’re trying to cool off your friends or start a water fight, we’re here for it. The calm stretches of river between rapids on the South Fork American make for the perfect battlefield.

Check out this unique birds-eye perspective of the Middle Fork’s famous Tunnel Chute rapid! Thank you to American Bar Mining for sharing this drone footage with us.

Our Merced River rafters were in for a real treat on this last weekend of spring. Lots of water in the river and bluebird skies with sunshine abound. Thanks to the slow melting snow in the Sierras, we’ll be able to raft on our favorite free-flowing rivers like the Merced well into the summer this year!

All that melting snow is doing wonders for the North Fork of the Stanislaus this season. Check out this clean line as an All-Outdoors guide smoothly drops into The Claw (Class IV).

The Merced River swelled to some impressive flows recently! Watch what it’s like to raft through the famous Splitrock Rapid (Class IV) when the river is pumping at 10,000 cubic feet per second.

What a great way to celebrate Mother Earth! Our rafters this past weekend made awesome memories and captured these fun clips. Can you tell which famous South Fork rapids these are with all this extra water flowing through them?