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Big news for 2024 – KRO is now Momentum River Expeditions. 
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Big news for 2024 – KRO is now Momentum River Expeditions. 

ByPete December 12, 2023February 19, 2024

Dear Kern River Guests Past and Future,  After almost 12 months of discussions and planning, Kern River Outfitters is now Momentum River Expeditions. We are…

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The 2017 Lower Kern is booming through September

ByMatt Volpert August 14, 2017February 23, 2023

Season Update Our terrific snowpack is now paying off: Our Lower Kern season is going to be a long one with excellent flows. With the…

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Big Water Protocol is no longer in affect

ByMatt Volpert July 23, 2017February 19, 2023

With river flows coming into our regular operating range, our Big Water Protocol is no longer in effect. While our on water trip safety doesn’t…

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Upper Kern River rafting season extended – again

ByMatt Volpert July 6, 2017February 23, 2023

The Upper Kern is experiencing it’s longest season in decades – make sure you get to experience it! We did it again – extended our…

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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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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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