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

Fortunately for us, California is home to 20 beautiful national forests ... Springhill Dispersed Area is one of the largest dispersed camping sites along the Kern River, but it may still be ...

and enjoy the river on a camping adventure. If you do decide to paddle the Killer Kern, California State Parks implores that you know your limitations and your vessel. Only those with proper ...

Several counties have banned recreation on rivers that flow from the Sierra Nevada because of swift currents and fatalities. Rafters floating down the Kern River near Kernville, Calif.Credit..

“It’s a complete 180 from last year,” said Matt Volpert, who runs Kern River Outfitters in Wofford Heights. “In California ... with ice cream sundaes, camping at its base camp, a hearty ...

The Kern River is swollen with so much runoff from the epic Sierra Nevada snowpack that officials have opened a rarely used relief valve, diverting floodwaters into the California Aqueduct to be ...