The new whitewater park in Bend is unprecedented in the Pacific Northwest ... to live the happiest and healthiest lifestyle they can. Oregon’s population has more than doubled in the last ...

RIVERS — This year, in its first full summer season, more than 231,000 people floated the Deschutes River through the Bend, Oregon, Whitewater Park passageway channel on inner tubes, kayaks or ...

Key pieces of the Bend Whitewater Park are 90 percent complete ... with most of that going toward meeting an Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife requirement that the district monitor construction ...

Amanda Peacher / OPB Oregon's first whitewater park opened Friday in Bend. A short section of the Deschutes River now splits into three channels: there's a natural wildlife area, an easy channel ...

On a recent afternoon in Bend, kids and adults squealed as their inner tubes bumped down river rapids designed for summer fun. When it’s hot outside, the city’s whitewater park on the ...

Oregon. The Bend River Float encompasses a mellow 1.5-mile section of the Deschutes River, guiding you from the southern ...

One of the best things about visiting Bend is the wealth of outdoors opportunities found nearby, including the slopes of Mt. Bachelor, the rugged wilderness trails and the beautiful Deschutes ...

In the case of newly reopened Whitewater Creek road and ... to the alpine meadows and lakes of Jefferson Park, one of the most popular sites in Oregon’s backcountry. Then came two major wildfires.

From tubing, hiking, and craft beer (or cider), there are many things to do in Bend, Oregon. What we discovered during our 5 day visit was all of this, plus an interesting volcanic environment, a ...

Thanks to a unique combination of a derelict boat ramp’s placement at Clackamette Park in Oregon City and late ... River at that location. The whitewater attracts everyone from surfboarders ...