Explore Oregon Podcast: Clackamas River is Portland's spot for wild rapids, lazy floats
In this episode, dive into the Clackamas River, notorious for giving Portland its whitewater bug.
Zach interviews Pete Giordano, owner of Blue Sky Rafting, as they look at how the river has changed since the 2020 Riverside Fire, which kept the stream closed last summer, and how it hasn't.
Pete details the best sections of the river for big rapids, the best places for a lazy float, and good areas to camp, swim, SUP and fish on this wild tributary of the Willamette. They also touch on the history of early hydroelectric power and about camping at Milo McCarver State Park.
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Zach Urness has been an outdoors reporter in Oregon for 15 years and is host of the Explore Oregon Podcast. To support his work, subscribe to the Statesman Journal. Urness is the author of “Best Hikes with Kids: Oregon” and “Hiking Southern Oregon.” He can be reached at zurness@StatesmanJournal.com or (503) 399-6801. Find him on Twitter at @ZachsORoutdoors.
This article originally appeared on Salem Statesman Journal: Podcast: Clackamas is Portland's spot for wild rapids, lazy floats
