Maine Adventure Travel Guide
Video of the Week: Highest Water Yet for Dead River Rafting
This past Memorial Weekend was sure one to remember for those that went Dead River rafting with Northern Outdoors. Originally, we were scheduled for Kennebec River rafting on Saturday and Dead River rafting on Sunday. But due to the extreme high water levels, from the previous night’s rain, we rafted the Dead River on both Saturday and Sunday. A chance like this hardly ever happens!
Dead River Rafting Part 3: Only 8 High Water Releases
One of those well-known adventures is Dead River rafting with Northern Outdoors. Each year, we’re lucky enough to have 8 releases on the Dead River. This 16-mile trip offers a day of paddling through heart-pounding Class III, IV, and V whitewater and avid rafters say that “you haven’t rafted Maine until you have been on all three rivers – Dead, Kennebec and Penobscot“.
Video of the Week: High Water Kennebec River Rafting
Kennebec River rafting is always fun. Throw a little extra water into the mix and the trip becomes down right AWESOME! The standard water level for Kennebec River rafting is 4,800CFS (cubic feet per second), and this past weekend we rafted on 8,500CFS of water.
Dead River Rafting Part 1: Creation of Maine’s Largest Man-made Lake
The Long Falls Dam, where water is now released for us to enjoy Dead River rafting, impounds the waters of Flagstaff Lake.
Maine Whitewater Rafting: Yankee Magazine Recommends Northern Outdoors
Yankee Magazine rates Penobscot River Rafting one of Maine’s Best Adventures in 2011 and recommends Northern Outdoors.
Dead River Rafting Part 2: Rising of Flagstaff Lake
Slaid Cleaves and Nicole St. Pierre, with photos contributed by the Dead River Area Historical Society, produced this song and video titled “Below” which chronicles the 1940’s flooding of Flagstaff and Dead River in Maine.