点评:Great experience. We did the full day on the Clackamas River and enjoyed ever single rapid to the fullest! We had a group of 5 adults and pretty much had a PERFECT day. We rafted late May 2025. The water level has gone down further since then (June 2025) (so depending on when you read this, you may not be able to do the full day trip anymore on that section of the river, which is water level dependent, so do the half day!).
The lunch they made was exceptional - veggies, BBQ chicken, steak, oh my!
I am a bit of a stickler when it comes to white water, since over a decade ago I spent 2 summers guiding on a class IV river on the East Coast. I was new to going down the Clackamas, but I could tell by the lines that the guide took that he had tons of experience. Most folks outside of the whitewater community underestimate how much a river can change based on water level, which makes rafting on rivers that do not have regular damn releases to stabilize water levels harder. Big powerful class IV rapids can become mellower class III at lower water, but a class III can also become a class V with less water -- due to technical difficulty and sometimes a much narrower set of possibilities for success. Our guide had seen that river at every type of water level. Many times over. That is exactly the type of guide you want if you have kids in the boat or anyone who is nervous about rafting. I cannot recommend Blue Sky Whitewater enough. If you are local to Portland or visiting from out of town, book it now. You will not be disappointed.
翻译:很棒的体验。我们在克拉克马斯河上玩了一整天,尽情享受了每一个急流!我们一行5个成年人,度过了几乎完美的一天。我们是在2025年5月下旬漂流的。从那时起(2025年6月),水位进一步下降(所以,根据你读到这篇文章的时间,你可能已经无法再在那段河段进行全天漂流了,因为漂流取决于水位,半天漂流也一样!)。
他们做的午餐太棒了——蔬菜、烤鸡、牛排,我的天哪!
我对激流漂流比较挑剔,因为十多年前,我曾在东海岸的一条四级河流上当了两个夏天的向导。我当时是第一次在克拉克马斯河漂流,但从向导的语气来看,我可以看出他经验丰富。大多数非激流漂流爱好者都低估了河流水位变化的程度,这使得在没有定期泄洪稳定水位的河流上漂流更加困难。强劲的四级急流在水位较低时会变成较为平缓的三级急流,但三级急流在水位较低时也可能变成五级急流——这既是因为技术难度,也是因为有时成功的可能性会大大降低。我们的导游在各种水位下都亲眼目睹过这条河,甚至不止一次。如果您的船上有孩子,或者有任何对漂流感到紧张的人,这样的导游正是您需要的。我强烈推荐蓝天激流漂流公司。如果您是波特兰本地人或从外地来访,请立即预订。您不会失望的。