On Sunday, June 29, a group of paddlers will embark on a demanding 16-mile portage around Southern California Edison’s Kern ...

With a healthy snowpack in the Sierras, the Kern River above Isabella Lake is running full and local businesses can take you for as much or as little adventure as you can handle. "Forty-five ...

About 60 rafters took on the Kern River for Whitewater Wednesday. In addition to the rafting, the participants gained knowledge of proper safety.

Running the Kern River is not for the weak of the heart. Nope, according to an article by Jill Cowan in the New York Times from June 18, 2023, ‘The Kern River has a reputation as a tempestuous ...

Yes, there is the whitewater, which we’d come to learn could at times ... and taking in the sunset from Kern River Brewing Co., a restaurant with sweeping views of the valley. But in keeping with the ...

On a two-day expedition down one of California’s most spectacular—and thrilling—waterways, David Amsden and his family try river rafting with a luxurious, gourmet twist.

UPPER KERN RIVER — Imagine racing down a steep river of recently melted snow toward a roaring rapid. You’re sitting on the outside edge of an inflatable raft with a paddle in your hands, so ...

Aug. 28—To call 2023 an unusual water year in the Kern River Basin would be a serious understatement. "It was the most abnormal water year you could possibly have," said Evan Moore of Sierra ...

For those that live in the Kern River Valley, the Kern River is special – and one of the most visceral ways to experience the river is floating down it during whitewater season.

According to security guard Tracy, who stops folks from entering across the bridge toward the rock quarry over the Whitewater River near Palm Springs, “This is a dangerous place for people to ...

To call 2023 an unusual water year in the Kern River Basin would be a serious understatement. But then in August it got even more unusual. Just as the whitewater rafting season was beginning to ...