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Rafting company lets you tap the season’s whitewater

Peter Grubb, owner of ROW Adventures, pilots paddle rafters on a wet ride through the Devil’s Toenail Rapids on the Spokane River in Riverside State Park. (Rich Landers / The Spokesman-Review)
Peter Grubb, owner of ROW Adventures, pilots paddle rafters on a wet ride through the Devil’s Toenail Rapids on the Spokane River in Riverside State Park. (Rich Landers / The Spokesman-Review)

RAFTING -- Snowpack in the mountains is at recordlevels and rivers will be running at great levels long into the summer. Peter Grubb at ROW Adventures in Coeur d'Alene says this will be a fantastic season to book a whitewater rafting trip

Here are some world-class rivers ROW runs in our backyard:

Lochsa - The nation's best whitewater ride, ROW will run to July 15th at least.  The water will be as high June 30 as it often is June 5 the way things are going.  ROW offers  "Whitewater Rush" packages that include cabin accommodations at River Dance Lodge and all meals.

Moyie - Season extended through June 13 and may go even longer.  This raft-bashing wild ride of continuous whitewater through a cedar forest is a ROW favorite.

St. Joe - For a galloping cascade of fun rapids, ROW launches 80 miles upriver of St. Maries, Idaho ,(meeting you in St. Regis, Montana) and paddles through raft-tossing waves and holes at Tumbledown Falls, Endless Ecstasy and many more.

Spokane - Want a quick escape? Join ROW for Happy Hour Rafting & Wildlife trips every Thursday and Friday at 4:30 pm and enjoy the long days of June and early July on this 12-mile rafting trip. ROW also has daily departures in the morning and/or afternoon depending on the day. 

The Spokane quickly whisks boaters from downtown into it's own special wildness as we float through Riverside State Park, the Bowl & Pitcher and Devil's Toenail.

Special Offer- Raft the Lochsa, Moyie or St. Joe and add a Spokane River trip later in the season and take $22 off the trip!

Contact ROW: (208) 770-2517 or 866-836-9340, email info@rowadventures.comor book online!  
 



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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