While spending time in the Pacific Northwest, you might notice that thrilling whitewater rapids surround you in Oregon. The Beaver State’s rivers and lakes are thus ideal for kayaking. Look no further ...

Deception Pass hides genuinely dangerous water a few hundred yards from a beginner-friendly bay — and the same pattern repeats in Oregon and California, with real launch points and real numbers behind ...

An Oregon kayak guide explores beyond the city limits, tracing the Willamette River to the terminus of the Columbia, paddling from Portland to Astoria. Lindsey Atterbury dodges the morning commuter ...

TIERRA DEL MAR, Ore. (AP) — The bald head and whiskered face popped out of the water about 20 yards from our kayaks, wearing an expression that appeared deeply concerned. The wide eyes of a harbor ...

Oregon's largest freshwater lake is a shimmering, miraculously undeveloped gem. You would think that a breathtakingly beautiful, 60,000-acre body of water in Southern Oregon's high desert, blessed ...

WHITE SALMON, Wash — Extreme Jose decided to give whitewater kayaking a try, with a little help of course. Wet Planet helps train and prepare people for whitewater kayaking. They pride themselves on ...

Crowds on the trails have exploded in the past decade, and multiple surveys and studies conclude hiking and walking in natural spaces is Oregon's top pastime. And that’s great. It’s good that people ...

Kayakers call it the SRG — the Salmon River Gorge. A place that roars with the thunder of nearly a dozen waterfalls. A place so steep, treacherous and inaccessible that no trails lead there. What kind ...