Yearly Archives: 2008

Upper Quartzville Creek is one of the classic runs in Oregon. With wonderful water quality, great geology, and fun rapids, boating doesn’t get much better than this. I remember doing a Upper Quartzville shuttle for some expert boaters back when I first started boating in the early 90′s; when Upper Quartzville was considered Class 5 territory. Now most boaters consider … Continue reading →

Middle Santiam After a long, dry October, fall boating season finally got under way with some good November rains. I’m always a little anxious in the fall because I never know when snow is going to block access to the high elevation runs. Since most of the exploratory and obscure stuff I like is at higher elevations, it is always … Continue reading →