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Kayaking near Portland?

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steez_louise
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Hey NS,

Me and a buddy are coming out to Portland for the weekend to pick up a boat on Craigslist and we're looking for some suggestions for some good runs anywhere near Portland. We're class iii-iv paddlers. It would also be tight if one of you guys wanted to join us!

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Apr 4 2013 9:44PM
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grapejuice3000+
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just ask the mayor, he has a kayak route to a great brunch spot!
Apr 4 2013 9:47PM
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Rossberger
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Maine or Oregon?
Apr 4 2013 9:52PM
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steez_louise
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Sounds great! How bout some suggestions outside of Portland...
Apr 4 2013 9:52PM
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steez_louise
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Oregon
Apr 4 2013 9:53PM
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level_juan
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well theres the gorge, the white salmon (run off of mt hood, so pretty cold), the sandy river (kinda dangerous around this time), rouge, daschutes, and a lot more. some of those, like the daschutes, are in eastern oregon so about a 3 hour drive from portland, but it also has some great day trips or overnight trips. personaly i prefer the rouge, but i've only ever done a over night trip on that, not sure if youre going day or over night. but yeah, hope that helps a little
Apr 5 2013 1:02AM
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steez_louise
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Thanks. We're coming over from Idaho so Eastern Oregon is actually on the way. We were thinking of checking out the Clackamas:


Have you ever run this? Looks fun.
Apr 5 2013 11:11AM
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level_juan
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ive never run it or talked to someone who has. its not really a popular run, but that being said it could be totally amazing and not really crowded. uf youre going through eastern oregon the lower daschutes has a good day run with mostly iii rapids and one iv
Apr 5 2013 11:50AM
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Toasty.
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urban kayaking duhh
Apr 5 2013 12:04PM
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steez_louise
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That looks like a fun one for sure. Unfortunately we're heading back towards Northern Idaho, so thats pretty far out of the way.

If you have any suggestions for something closer to the OR/WA border that would be awesome!
Apr 5 2013 12:06PM
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steez_louise
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^Nevermind, I was looking at the wrong run.... that one is pretty close to the OR/WA border.


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