Spring Tuolumne Trips
(e-news special) The Tuolumne Canyon is alive in April and May when the Sierra wildflowers are in abundance and the whitewater is exciting due to the early snowmelt. The California Poppy shown above is from a trip last spring.
We are offering a weekend overnight trip on April 22-23
when we expect the conditions to be just right. Our e-News subscribers
can join this trip for just $295/person (normally $415). Learn
More about the Tuolumne in Spring 
Rogue/Tuolumne Guide School
Our annual guide school is just over a month away. We
offer this school to introduce the principles of whitewater rafting
to potential guides, those simply interested in learning more about river
trips, or those looking for a exciting and adventurous vacation.
Our famous 2005 guide school will be featured in the
March issue of Paddler Magazine. Learn
More about ECHO Guide Schools
Five Day Middle Fork Trips
The anticipated high water has generated unexpected interest in five day trips on the Middle Fork in June. In order to keep up with demand, we've changed two more of our six day trips into five day trips priced at $1095.
February Guide Profile
Hata Hill has rivers in his blood. He grew up in a small
town along the remote Middle Fork of the Yuba River in California. Now
he works as a carpenter in the winter and a river guide in the summer.
Hata will be teaching one of our guide schools this season
before splitting his summer between the Rogue and Middle Fork. Learn
More about Hata
Water and Snow Report
Things are looking great everywhere that we run rivers. The snowpack for the Tuolumne River is 123% of average, so we're expecting medium flows on the Tuolumne in April and the first half of May. From mid-May to mid-June, it looks like we could have some more of the exciting high water that we saw last year.
Oregon is experiencing a snowpack well above average for 2006. A series of upstream dams on the Rogue keep the summer flows very stable, so this snowpack ensures that we have good water all season.
The big news is that the snow pack for the Middle Fork drainage is now 147% of average. With this much snowpack, we expect to run the whole 100 miles of the Middle Fork on trips through July and into early August.
We look forward to our next river trip together!
Sincerely,
Dick Linford and Joe Daly, Owners
ECHO River Trips
116 Oak St Suite #1, Hood River, OR 97031
(800) 652-3246 | (541) 386-2271 | fax (541) 386-1362
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