Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow....

Well the weather outside is frightful...but it makes the summer rafting soooo delightful! Right now we're slipp'in and sliding while December 2007 finishes out "her reign." Dropping temps coupled with the wet stuff are working together to quickly build a powdery snow base up in the peaks of Oregon.

A flurry of blurry snow continues to pile up around southern Oregon. Steve Johnson, a state hydrologist, measured the snowpack at a site located off the Mt. Ashland Access Road. "It's above normal for this site at this time of year and water content is 75 percent above normal." UPDATE: AS OF 5 p.m. ON 1/5/08, MT. ASHLAND HAD 36 INCHES OF NEW SNOW!!!

That beautiful photograph is of southern Oregon's famous Crater Lake wrapped up in a snowy winter blanket. This incredible shot was taken last year by our webmaster and friend, Rob Robinson.


Factoids: For much of the year--usually October to July at higher elevations--a thick blanket of snow encircles Crater Lake. An average of 533 inches of snow fall in the park every year. Crater Lake is filled almost entirely by melted snow. At 1,943 feet deep, it is the deepest lake in the United States, the seventh-deepest in the world. It is also one of the clearest. And, lucky us, Crater Lake is the headwater of the Rogue River!

Our first blog!

Wow. Our first official White Water Warehouse blog. While we might be baby-bloggers at this point, we certainly are not tenderfoots when it comes to rafting the beautiful Rogue River in southern Oregon. 2008 marks our 25th year in the rafting walk 'o life--with the same owner--Bob Meister.

We look forward to bringing you all kinds of interesting and informative information about rafting and, specifically, rafting the gorgeous Rogue. Did you know that the Rogue River in Oregon was recently listed as one of the "top 10 rafting destinations in the United States"? The Rogue was listed along side spectacular American rivers like the Grand Canyon, Salmon River, Colorado, and several others. Very cool.

We think the "word on the river" about the unique Rogue must be spreading. We have never seen so many early bookings for the 2008 season. Even International calls are coming in--don't know for sure but it might have something to do with the great values folks overseas are seeing when they book their travel destinations in the US this year.

Well, you will be reading a lot more about our little slice of heaven in the coming months. We will keep it light and always try to provide you with a couple factoids you didn't know before coming to visit our blogalicious site.