Medford - The Brothers Reed 3-Day Orange Torpedo Raft Trip!!
The Brothers Reed 3-Day Orange Torpedo Raft Trip!!
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Checkout www.orangetorpedo.com/rogue-river-rafting/wild-and-scenic?utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv4_a1demo0jf4qlpnfor all info! Price $1699 per adult $1599 per Youth Single Occupancy - $250 Monday August 3rd - BROTHERS REED MUSIC AND RAFTING TRIP - Float the river with Southern Oregon famous band, the Brothers Reed. Each evening at the lodges, enjoy a private acoustic concert. This will be a very special experience and spots are going fast. Check out their music here: open.spotify.com/artist/3vYzsWVBNoIKJZuM1F4VLz?si=D326P53-QSyDZmY5D5lEQw&nd=1 Itinerary Trip Logistics Overview The day your trip starts you need to arrive at our shop at 210 Merlin Rd, Merlin Oregon at 8 AM. If you are driving head west off of Interstate 5 at exit 61. At our office you will transfer your clothing for the trip into a supplied dry bag for the entirety of the float. Your vehicle will be parked inside the locked gate at our facility until you return. At the conclusion of the trip a van will pick you up at the takeout and return you to our storefront in Merlin. If you plan on driving to the coast after your trip it will be more convenient for you if your vehicle is shuttled from our facility to the rafting takeout at Foster Bar. There is a small fee associated with this so call for details. For additional travel information please refer to the travel information page for flight and hotel details. Detailed Rogue River Wild and Scenic 3-day rafting trip itinerary Day 1: Arrive at 8 AM at our storefront. (210 Merlin Road, Merlin, OR) to meet your head guide and receive your trip orientation. (Arrive early to purchase any last-minute items.). While at our shop your head guide will spend about 45 minutes discussing safety, river history, and paddling techniques. You will be supplied with all the equipment you need, including a life jacket, helmet (required for anyone kayaking or optional for anyone over 12 in a raft), wet suit, splash-top, a dry bag for your personal items, and a community dry bag to store items you wish to access during the day like a camera. When everyone is geared up and river ready, vans will be loaded and driven 20 minutes to the put-in at Almeda boat ramp. At the put-in you will meet the rest of your guides and prepare to head down the river.
The trip starts off with a few warm up rapids before entering the Wild and Scenic section of the Rogue River at Grave Creek. This is where the adventure really begins as the roads and civilization fades into the background. You will learn your boating skills navigating famous Rogue River rapids such as Grave Creek Falls, Tyee, and Wild Cat on this first day. Sometime in the late afternoon the group will float into the first nights home, Black Bar Lodge. Expect beautiful scenery, abundant wildlife, and delicious food as you relax into the evening.
Day 2: The second day is filled with plenty of rapids, history, and learning how to surf your torpedo. After a delicious breakfast the group will meet around 9:30 AM to prepare for the river. You will navigate Horseshoe Bend before arriving at the famous Mary’s Pothole. The group will stop at this rapid so everyone can re-run the rapid until they have had their fill. This is an opportunity to shoot photos and video of your family and friends trying to run this exciting wave in the inflatable kayaks. It’s not un-common to see families of 3 or more trying to run this together. After lunch the group may make a quick stop at Zane Greys historical cabin. After this historic stop the group paddles to Slagles’s Hole, where you can try your hand at surfing. This friendly hole is an ideal spot to learn how to ride the waves and perfect your great surfing moves like the paddle spin! When you are all surfed out, end the day at Paradise Lodge. With its delicious home style food, hiking, scenery and atmosphere, you may never want to leave this historic Rogue River hideaway.
Day 3: The last day on the water starts off with a bang! Just around the corner from the lodge is the exhilarating Mule Creek Canyon, a whitewater gorge that is truly unique. At well over a mile of almost non-stop action, the whitewater of the gorge culminates at the famous “Coffee Pot” known for it’s unique boils and whirlpools. After the pot is an unbelievable float between vertical cliff walls with stair case waterfall cascading in on the left. About 20 minutes later comes the Rogue River’s most famous rapid, Blossom Bar. Here we take a short portage around the upper part of the rapid before putting back in and running the fun lower section. A challenging rapid for the rafts, you will find your Torpedo slides right between the boulders with little difficulty. After more rapids and a riverside lunch, the group arrives at the takeout at Foster Bar, early in the afternoon. Change out of your river clothes while the guides de-rig the rafts. After loading the vans it’s a 2-hour drive back to our shop in Merlin.
