Veteran river outfitter and nature-based adventure travel company, O.A.R.S., has partnered up with outdoor industry leaders The Clymb, Northwest River Supply (NRS), and Teva for an online contest that gives contestants a chance to “live the dream” as a guide apprentice on an O.A.R.S. Grand...
Four summers ago, Don George joined an exhilarating whitewater adventure with O.A.R.S. on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. Here’s the account he penned in his journal at the time, written in the form of a conversation. Where have...
Codye Reynolds’ love affair with rivers began when her father bought a used raft from an ad in a newspaper when she was 12 years old. She got into the driver’s seat one lazy summer on the San Juan River in southern Utah and...
What do you think is the most overlooked adventure travel destination in the United States? According to rafting pioneer and O.A.R.S. founder George Wendt, the answer is Idaho. This month, O.A.R.S is shining the spotlight on rafting in Idaho and...
In December, world-renowned rafting outfitter O.A.R.S. successfully completed their first descent down one of the world’s last truly wild rivers—the Upper Drangme Chhu in Bhutan. Cascading down from the eastern Himalaya, the Drangme Chhu challenges rafters with Class IV to V whitewater amidst dramatic mountain...