Let’s get vertical: The biggest drops on the Kern River
Another guide trapped in our guidehouse, Patrick O’Connell takes to the keyboard to gush about his favorite drops during quarantine What makes a whitewater rapid…
Are the days of 5,000 CFS over on the Lower Kern?
Something amazing happened in 2017. Our California winter, which had practically abandoned us the past five years, roared to life. It wasn’t a comeback in…
Quarantine Movie Review – From the guidehouse
This is part two of Dillon Cole’s guidehouse quarantine series Here’s a question for you: When you’re checking movie reviews online, which weighs heaviest? Do you scope…
Quarantine Book Escape – From the guidehouse
With most of us currently doing our part by sheltering in place, the one thing we all suddenly find having on our hands is time….
What did my guide just say?
It’s not code, but it sort of is Your first english teacher may have told you that Eskimos have 50 different words for snow. And…
The longest rapids on the Kern River
The Longest Rapids on the Kern River Growing up, my Mom and Dad would load my two brothers and myself up in the family Suburban…
Where does the Kern River begin?
Mount Whitney Standing at 14,505 feet, Mount Whitney is the tallest mountain in the Lower 48. It’s also the general area of where our drainage…
How long is the Kern river?
An exact answer is hard to find The consensus is that the Kern River is 164 miles long. This simple question is actually quite hard…
Basketballs and Cubic Feet per Second
Picture this Describing ocean waves is easier. Overhead, double overhead, triple (!) overhead. It’s pretty simple to grasp the size of the wave. Double your…
Acre-Feet, CFS and SWE, OH MY!
Some background The guides often make fun of me when I go into detail in our annual season forecast letter. I can’t help it though….