There are many adventures you can enjoy in or on the water from swimming to jet-skiing. However, white water rafting offers an extra dollop of thrill. Whether you take on the rapids alone or in a ...

If and when life returns to normal — whatever the heck that will mean — this spring or summer, one of the first things I want to do is get on a river with my kids, blast through frothy rapids, sleep ...

All that snow in the West? It’s water now, and it’s providing a banner season for white-water rafting. Here are five rivers to run this summer. By Heather Hansman Midmorning on the Dolores River, you ...

Twenty years ago, Connie Martinez decided she and her friends needed to have more fun. Martinez was a smart, ambitious woman living in Silicon Valley. Most of her friends were also accomplished women ...

Lt. Kevin Kemmerling has been with Tulare County Sheriff’s Department’s Swiftwater Dive Rescue Team for 15 years -- he now leads the team. Last year, he responded to his first commercial rafting ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources released water this weekend from Lake Nockamixon into the Tohickon Creek, sending millions of gallons downstream.

Last summer, when the snowpack in the Sierra was twice its normal depth, rivers raged well into July. That meant many rafting outfitters were forced to turn away, for safety reasons, families with ...

IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado's whitewater rafting season is off to a strong start as warmer temperatures trigger earlier-than-usual snowmelt, creating optimal river conditions for the Memorial Day ...