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Matt is the owner and operator of Kern River Outfitters. He has been guiding for nearly 20 years and has logged over 20,000 river miles. When he is not on the Kern, you will find him guiding for his older brother, Will, in Southern Oregon, or his younger brother, Skip, on the Middle Fork of the Salmon in Idaho. In the off-season,  Matt writes whitewater guidebooks for GoRafting.com
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Marketplace on APR – Kern River rafting feature

ByMatt Volpert May 5, 2017February 23, 2023

Marketplace, a radio show by American Public Media, sent reporter Jed Kim to spend the day with us during our guideschool. The episode aired yesterday…

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Kern river rafting update – Additional Lower Kern launches added to schedule

ByMatt Volpert April 29, 2017February 25, 2023

Two Day Lower Kern trips are available to book in May. We’ve been carefully monitoring our snowpack and Lower Kern releases, and have opened up…

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“California Braces for Booming Paddling Season”

ByMatt Volpert April 8, 2017February 25, 2023

“Return of the Kern: California Braces for Booming Paddling Season” Word is getting out that this year’s rafting season will be one for the record…

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Big Water Protocol – Kern River Rafting Safety

ByMatt Volpert March 10, 2017February 25, 2023

Big Water Protocol: What that means, and how KRO handles high water Many of you have called in the past week regarding our plans for…

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Big Water 2017

ByMatt Volpert March 2, 2017December 15, 2022

BIG WATER 2017 The following blogpost was sent to our email subscribers in late February. Get the latest information by subscribing now.  Our subscribers get…

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Upper Kern rafting season extended

ByMatt Volpert February 26, 2017November 9, 2022

Our most popular day trip, the Full Day Upper Kern, is now offered through the end of July, 2017. The Upper Kern is a free-flowing,…

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Join us for the best Spring rafting in company history

ByMatt Volpert February 19, 2017February 19, 2023

Astonishing weather events has set up the Kern River for the best spring rafting conditions we have seen in memory, possibly company history. “This is…

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Isabella Lake reaches highest level in years

ByMatt Volpert January 21, 2017February 25, 2023

Isabella Lake reaches highest level in years Isabella Lake, which is the starting point of our Lower Kern river, has reached its highest level since…

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Join our 2017 whitewater school – learn to be a river guide

ByMatt Volpert October 25, 2016February 25, 2023

2017 White Water School Our Kern River Guide School is a six-day course designed to give newcomers to the sport of whitewater rafting the basic…

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2017 rafting reservations are now open

ByMatt Volpert October 20, 2016November 9, 2022

Please note that since this was published, we have changed our opening day to April 1 due to the excellent snowpack. —– Our 2017 schedule…

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We offer river rafting trips on the Upper, Lower and Forks of the Kern - the best Southern California Rafting. For over 20 years we have also offered World-Class river trips in Idaho, Alaska, Arizona, Northern California, & Oregon - including on Idaho’s Salmon River & Hells Canyon of the Snake River, Oregon’s Rogue River, Arizona’s Salt River, and Alaska’s Tatshenshini River. 
- Also check out Pacuare River rafting in Costa Rica.

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