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Poof, Gone! 300-foot-deep Lake Above AK Sea Kayak Hotspot Disappears
Ice-dammed Bear Glacier Lake in Alaska, located above the popular sea kayaking spot of Bear Lagoon frequented by outfitters out of Seward, has vanished...
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Small World Adventures Cancels Ecuador Season Due to Pandemic
Now it’s getting personal for paddlers. Due to the global pandemic Small World Adventures is cancelling its Ecuador season of whitewater kayaking. In a letter to...
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New Wild and Scenic Rivers Bill Introduced for Montana
Forget Kevin Costner and his new watch-me-cowboy "Yellowstone" series. There's bigger news for Montana: the state might soon be getting more Wild & Scenic...
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Baffin or Bust: An Alpacka Packraft Paddle and Climb Expedition
Where can an Alpacka packraft take you, you ask? How about to Baffin Island, for a paddling and climbing expedition? Read on for just...
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Lord of the Fork Race (Spoiler: Dane Won) Kicks Off KY’s Biggest Kayak Weekend
It’s East Coast extreme kayaking race season, COVID be damned. And it kicked off the last weekend of October on Kentucky’s Russell Fork. Every...
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The Down-low on Creeking the Dominican Republic
By Adam Goshorn In the blue waters of the Caribbean, the island of Hispaniola rises from the sea to an astounding 10,164 feet atop...
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Gauley During COVID: A Personal Account
Essay By Darcy Gaechter It didn't feel like there was a global pandemic raging as we pulled into the Tail Waters launch site -- the...
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National Rivers Project Lists National Wildlife Refuge Paddling Trails
Want to paddle one of the country’s 18 national wildlife refuges and 103 official water trails?
It’s easier than ever now, thanks to the National...
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An Olympic Adventure: Tshletshy Creek – the Best Whitewater in Washington?
(By Ryan Scott) I’d been looking at the description for Tshletshy Creek in the ‘Paddlers Guide to the Olympic Peninsula’ for 10 years now, wondering and...
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National Rivers Project Details Info on Wild & Scenic Rivers
Want to paddle a Wild & Scenic or other picturesque river? It just got a whole lot easier.
Put out by the River Management Society,...
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Kayaking Near Me: Great Southwest Trip Ideas from Alpacka!
Looking to avoid travel, but still want to have fun? Not all adventures require flight travel or long distances. Avoid the crowds, hop in...
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Taking to the Trout Laden Waters of the Idaho-Wyoming Border
Sometimes the only reason to go paddling is to get out on the water and wet a line. Sometimes. Especially if you are in...
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Meet Alpacka Packraft Stud Stanley Mulvany (with Podcast!)
Want to get to know one of the packrafting world’s most ardent — and well-aging — paddlers?
Look no further than New Zealander and avid...
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1,000 Fish and Counting: Hobie Bass Open Series Sees Snyders Snag Podium
For most of the 84 kayak anglers fishing the Hobie B.O.S. event in La Crosse, WI, the prospect of fast action was never in doubt....
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Permit System Comes to Lower Gunnison’s Dominguez-Escalante Canyon
Flatwater aficionados in Colorado might see another one of their favorite non-permitted multi-day floats fall victim to regulation again (like Ruby-Horsethief on the Colorado),...
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Kayaking Near Me: All the Tools You Need to Get Paddling in Amazing Places
When it comes to getting out to paddle, home or away, you need to know where to go! Make sure that you never go...
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A Packraft for All Occasions
Packrafts are taking the paddling world by storm…
...for good reason. They’re stable, maneuverable and tough, and light enough (some weighing under 5 lbs.) to...
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As Boaters Return to Grand Canyon, National Park Says Visitor Spending Generates Economic Impact of $41 Billion
U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced this week the department's report on the annual economic benefit of national parks to the...
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Paddling for Manatees on the Homosassa River in Florida
(Story and photos by By Dana Benner) It was an unusually “cool” March morning when my wife and I edged our kayaks into Florida’s Homosassa...
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The Russian Way: A Kayaking Expedition Through Siberia (By Brian Berger/Courtesy NRS)
Up ahead, Egor pops his skirt and takes a big, fire-charred pot out from between his legs. He places it on the deck of...
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Help Save the Zambezi’s Batoka Gorge!
Anyone who’s ever paddled the Zambezi River’s Batoka Gorge realizes it’s some of the best action-packed whitewater on the planet, packing an entire Grand...
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BC Parks Closed to Boating
Planing/hoping to paddle British Columbia to escape the covid doldrums? Don't. British Columbia Parks had originally closed all of their campgrounds back on March 21st, but have...
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Case Study in Conservation: Tennessee’s Harpeth River (By Cate Burgan/AW)
To many people, Tennessee’s Harpeth River is yet another river they have never heard of, but to me it’s home. Growing up in Kingston...
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Couple Returns from the Grand to “Different World”
(As first reported in the Steamboat Pilot & Today, by Shelby Reardon) When Steamboat Springs residents Patrick Keogh and Michelle Johnson concluded an 18-day rafting...
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River Advocate Herm Hoops Passes Away; Watch NRS Film The Salad Days
Herm Hoops, a long time river runner and advocate for the Green and Yampa rivers near Dinosaur National Monument,...
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When the splashing ended, drags stopped screaming and wind finally subsided, Ryan Lambert’s name stood alone atop the leader...
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Poof, Gone! 300-foot-deep Lake Above AK Sea Kayak Hotspot Disappears
Ice-dammed Bear Glacier Lake in Alaska, located above the...
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