Oregon River Tours [Paperback]

John Garren (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 270 pages
• Publisher: Garren Pub (June 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0941887014
• ISBN-13: 978-0941887014
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #999,000 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

John Garren's work as a Bridge Engineer has brought him in contact with rivers throughout the Northwest. As a native Oregonian and one-time resident of Idaho and Washington, he has a broad knowledge of Northwest rivers. IDAHO RIVER TOURS compliments his previous book OREGON RIVER TOURS. In this book he combines technical river knowledge and practical experience into a readable and usable river guide to Idaho's most popular whitewater rivers. The time distance graphical logs are unique and along with the tour narrative, maps and discharge curves, these are easily the most useful logs available.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best River Cruisers Guide to Oregon, June 14, 2004

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Thomas O'Keefe (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oregon River Tours (Paperback)

Although few paddlers from outside the region seem to be in on the secret, Oregon offers an excellent diversity of multi-day whitewater trips. Even more amazing is the fact that you can find something to do just about any time of the year and with easy logistics there are several overnight trips that regional paddlers do over long weekends. John Garren gives you the information you need to plan your trip.

If you are looking for a comprehensive guide to whitewater or are exclusively a class 5 steep creeker this is not the guide for you--instead check out Soggy Sneakers which includes over 200 runs in Oregon--but if you want excellent river maps (with access points, landmarks, and rapids), information on river campsites (including estimated group size each can handle), and overall advice on trip logistics for Oregon's classics then this is the guide for you. The guide also includes seasonal hydrographs and several black and white photos that give you an idea of the character of each run. The shuttle maps are another great feature of this guide. For those not familiar with local roads they provide you with an estimate of travel times from key towns and factor in the quality of local roads. Thankfully, you can easily find local shuttle service for many of the runs.

This guide includes 23 runs spread out across the state including the Clackamas (two sections), Lower Deschutes (two sections), Grande Ronde, Hood, Illinois, John Day (two sections), North John Day, Klamath, McKenzie, Metolius, Minam, Molalla, Owyhee (two sections), Rogue, Sandy, North Santiam, South Santiam, Snake through Hell's Canyon, and North Umpqua. Not all of these runs are multi-day trips, but several are and all of them are great runs for river cruisers and popular with rafters. Many of the runs are class III/IV, but a few are primarily class II and a couple even include a class V rapid.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Have for Self-guided Tours, July 10, 2003

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Ric (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oregon River Tours (Paperback)

This book is fantastic! It replaces having to hire a professional guide for white-water trips. The information is clear, concise and well thought out. Maps and charts provide great detail, and the time mapping to evaluate float time is essential for all those that "do it" and not just "read it." When you float a river, the landmarks can change, flows differ, but this book helps you plan a white-water trip as if you had been down the river a hundred times already. A must have book for any first time trip. His Idaho book is just as good. I tested this book on five different rivers and it has been a life-saver!!