The All-Outdoors California Whitewater Rafting Blog

The Canyon Rim Fire of 2013 was the epicenter of California’s third largest wildfire in recorded history. In December we drove into the Tuolumne River canyon to see for ourselves the extent of the damage.

The one and only Cherry Creek / Upper Tuolumne – get a feel for this legendary river in the video below.  Posted on May 13, 2014

Our new video (courtesy of guide Nate and Char) is a magical look into the Tuolumne River.  Shot on a two-day trip in 2013, before the Rim Fire. Enjoy!

Ok, look… we’re a bit miffed. The Men’s Journal published an article claiming to highlight the “The Best Whitewater Rafting Destinations for 2014“, and with the season here underway we were excited to read the list.  But not only did […]

AO Rafting owner Scott A got the opportunity to check out the Tuolumne River canyon with the US Forest Service last week. Although still closed to the general public, the Forest Service has been working on the access road to the Tuolumne put-in

This article accompanied Scott A’s interview on Capital Public Radio’s Insight program on January 15, 2014.  You can listen to the entire interview as well.

“You work for a rafting company?  It must be dead this time of year—what do you do all day?” Oh, not much. Here’s a partial taste of what we do this time of year: Winterisation of our River Office property […]

This is what AO Rafting experienced as the Rim Fire began a week ago.   On Saturday, August 17, a small fire started in the Clavey River drainage, a few miles north of the starting point for All-Outdoors’ Tuolumne Class IV trips […]

Many of you are no doubt wondering how the Rim Fire has developed and the impact it will have on Tuolumne and Cherry Creek river trips. We’ll have better understanding over time, of course, but here is what I have […]

There has been plenty of reminiscing around here lately.  Last year we hit the big 5-0 in terms of years on California rivers–and this summer we realized that we’ve been on the mack-Daddy of the them all, Cherry Creek for […]