This trip combines an eight mile backpacking adventure with a 24 mile paddling experience. Each person carries personal clothes, sleeping bag, and food, generally about 25 to 30 lbs. The hike begins in a high desert-like environment and ends on the federally designated Wild and Scenic Chetco River.
Horses pack our river equipment and food to the put-in site.
On the river individuals carry their own personal equipment and paddle inflatable kayaks. You will encounter enchanting, hanging garden waterfalls, steep bedrock gorges, a variety of plants, and geologic features unique to the area. This class III bedrock river is littered with rapids. The river experience is fun and challenging. The turquoise-colored water is some of the cleanest in the nation, visibility being thirty feet or more.