Get your paddle on at the Rooster Rock Race!
Put on by the die-hard water rats at Mountain Home Canoe Club, the Rooster Rock Race returns to the Columbia River Gorge on June 29th. The 10.5 miles long course–a full circle back to the start–boasts tricky curves, rowdy swells, and the cheers of grandmas and girlfriends alike! Much of the course can be seen from the bank, but bring your binoculars in case it's a grey day.
The friendlies at Mountain Home Canoe Club:
It's a bring-your-own canoe event, but if you don't have your own, no worries - the great folks at
Mountain Home Canoe Club (MHCC) have you covered. Simply give 'em a call and ask to be put on their waiting list. They'll lend you a canoe if you can't find your own, and they'll be happy to do it as long as you kick them some cash for gas and loading and unloading. Please do whatever you can to bring your own canoes, though!
The Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival was first held in 1984 by an informal group of rafters calling them selves the "Oregon River Rats." Planned by Russ Snively and friends with the support of volunteers from the Northwest Rafters Association, the "River Rats" were determined to challenge each other to a contest of skill running a race through the Carter Falls section of the Upper Clackamas River east of Estacada, Oregon.
