RAFTING IN A NATIONAL PARK? Whitewater rapids might spring first to mind, those amazingly vigorous H2O-riffic destinations that make a ride along a river one for the ages. And while parts of the ...

If timing is everything in the great outdoors, then now is the time for rafting on the renowned rivers that charge down the west slopes of the Sierra Nevada. The best five rivers this year: the ...

The river rafting season in California has been very up and down so far this summer. Outfitters are closing the season on some natural-flow rivers in the Sierra earlier than expected because of the ...

Rafters float along the Merced River in Yosemite National Park with Half Dome in the distance in this June 2014. The river is running stronger now thanks to runoff from melting snow. A search is ...

Steve Welch was feeling glum in February. The Sierra snowpack was averaging less than 20%, and the manager of the Groveland, Calif.-based ARTA rafting company saw trouble ahead. After he reviewed the ...

Teenagers rafting along the Merced River were rescued Sunday after becoming stranded, deputies said.The six rafters who went in the water at 3:30 p.m. at Henderson Park were using swimming pool ...

In a raft at the Clavey Falls cascade on the Tuolumne River, guides say you can find out what it feels like to be "a snowball in hell." On the South Fork American, a succession of rapids such as ...

Irresponsible people have created problems with trash and debris in and along the Merced River. Adam Blauert Sun-Star correspondent “NO STOPPING ANY TIME” read the new signs that went up along a ...