Whitewater Rafting Campsites; Resources for Planning Rafting Trips
Great river trips require a bit of planning and this site can help you with that. Rafting is also a very visual sport. Our rafts take us to some truly gorgeous places! So this site employs some of the latest web technologies to showcase white water river and rafting photography.
Over the last 4 years, Whitewater Rafting Campsites has become the largest collection of river trip campsite photos on the web with more than 500 river campsites represented! On these pages you'll find lots of other information to help prepare for your next river trip. Whitewater Campsites also features a huge collection of scenery and rapids photos from more than 30 major western rivers on which multi-day river trips occur. This great resource has been made possible by the generous contributions of these fellow river runners who have helped me assemble this site for all of us to enjoy.
Have fun, and SYOTR!
Will Hansen
What's new...
- Apr 5 - Added 35 Desolation Canyon campsites, lots of scenery photos and a Deso trip report
- Feb 15 - Added lots of Lower Salmon campsite photos to bring coverage nearly 100%
- Jan 31 - Added more photos of 10 Middle Fork Salmon campsites from our May '08 trip at 6.1 feet; check out the new photos of Big Bend to see Chuck Morgan's little indiscretion, aka 'The Big Rip'. And here are a couple shots of our adventures and carnage in Dagger Falls too.
- Dec 10 - Started coverage of the Lower Owyhee (Rome to Birch Cr.) thanks to Jason Shappart and Eric Lubell.
New Graphics-based Features
Are you an Experienced White Water Boater?
Check out photos and post comments about hundreds of campsites on whitewater rivers throughout the west in the master campsite gallery of 30 western whitewater rivers. This is the original photo gallery on which Whitewater Campsites was founded. Enjoy the view!
Determine the distances you'll need to float each day with the Daily River Mileage Planner. Many of the major permit rivers require that you reserve campsites. So you must plan ahead for which campsites you want, and consider daily mileages you intend to float each day as you choose your campsites. This little software gizmo will help you do that. (requires Silverlight 2.0)
On our Recommended shuttles page you'll find links and phone numbers for the folks we use to shuttle our vehicles on various western rivers.
Looking for a River Trip Vacation?
If you're thinking of taking a vacation with a commercial rafting service or outfitter, just check out the advertisers on these pages. Commercial whitewater outfitters don't say in business long if they don't offer a wonderful time. So you can base your decision more on the river you want to float. To learn about which rivers might offer the best experience for you, check out our Best Western Rivers for Multi-Day Trips page. And you should find these other pages interesting as they cover more about the adventure you'll be signing up for and what clothing to bring, etc.
Here's information on what to wear on a rafting trip and other personal stuff to bring along.
This page provides a checklist of clothing and personal items you'll need.
Here's a page full of photos to give you a taste of what's in store!
Just Getting Into White Water Rafting?
Here's a whole bunch of information to help you get started in the sport of white water rafting.
Read about amazing river trips by your fellow river runners. This page is full of trip reports and river stories to get you all inspired.
Learn all about river rafting trips including what equipment you'll need, where to go, and tips and advice on many topics. This is the table of contents of an on-line book about taking multi-day river trips.
And check out the main trip planning page for information on river permits and shuttles.
Finally, a little goofy stuff about river running...
- Our rafts are our special vehicles. Just like autos, rafts get hot-rodded too!
I pimped my raft! is a page full of cool rafts that I've come across in my river travels.
White water boaters get into, shall we say, interesting situations Here are a few entertaining ones.
