The Wild & Scenic Rogue River
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INDIGO CREEK OUTFITTERS The Wild & Scenic Rogue River TRIP PLANNING AND RESERVATION DETAILS (541) 282-4535 • [email protected] • P.O. Box 123, Phoenix, OR 97535 Contents Editor’s Note Planning Your Rogue Trip 08 hank you for choosing Indigo Creek TOutfitters as your Rogue River rafting Packing for your outfitter. The following pages provide details Rogue River trip you may find helpful as you plan your trip. Please don’t hesitate to call or email anytime. 09 We are local to the Rogue Valley and love Common wildlife in sharing our backyard with locals and visitors Southern Oregon alike. We’ll look forward to your adventure! 04 Here we go! 10 Trip meeting time Julie Volpert and location. Places Camping out along Outfitter - Reservations to stay before and the Rogue River after your trip. Call or text: (541) 282-4535 14 [email protected] Food and dietary accommodations www.IndigoCreekOutfitters.com WELCOME TO 12 OUR BACKYARD Meet [some of] the Indigo Crew 06 River Time What is a typical day like on our trips? Reservation Details OFF THE RIVER 16 EXPLORING THE CANYON PARTICIPANT RESPONSIBILITY 20 Will Volpert Heather Wells Yann Crist-Evans Jill Lovrin Outfitter - Operations Trip Support - Office Guide - W&S Rogue Guide - W&S Rogue Originally from Inverness Heather is our Rafting Center Yann grew up in Boulder, Jill has lived in the Rogue CANCELLATION POLICY Park, California, Will has manager and provides oper- Colorado and at an early Valley for 10 years and works 22 called Southern Oregon ational support to our crews age discovered a backyard as a teacher in Medford. “home” since 2004. His family packing for multi-day trips. playground of mountains and Summer break gives her the has other outfitting busi- A Rogue Valley native, she is rivers. He’s worked as a guide opportunity to explore local nesses on the Kern River in currently attending school at throughout the west on big rivers and work with us on TRAVEL INSURANCE Southern California and and Southern Oregon University, rivers, small creeks, half-day the Wild & Scenic Rogue. 23 the Middle Fork of the Salm- pursuing a degree in Outdoor stretches and week-long WILD & SCENIC ROGUE RIVER MAP 18 on in Idaho. Adventure Leadership. multi-day trips. 2 INDIGO CREEK • (541) 282-4535 • [email protected] 3 TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM MEDFORD INTERNATIONAL (MFR) Many of our guests fly into the Medford Interna- tional Airport. If your Rogue River trip is part of a larger itinerary, it may make the most sense to rent a car and drive to Galice Resort. If you only need transportation to and from the airport, please arrange a shuttle with Galice Resort. Uber is now available in Southern Oregon as well. Meet the crew - Phil Finkel Where to Stay Before Your Trip Phil has over 30 years guiding experience on the Rogue We recommend that you stay at our meeting place, River, and he enjoys backcountry and cross-country skiing throughout northern California. Trip Meeting Location: Galice Resort the Galice Resort, the night before your trip departs. This makes meeting easier on the morning of your trip. Where to Stay After Your Trip Galice’s phone number is (541) 476-3818. Their website for reservations is www.galice.com. Galice has rustic If you are flying out of Medford International Air- cabins and rooms in the Galice House available. Please port the day after your trip, we recommend stay- contact the Galice Resort as soon as possible to make ing at the Rogue Regency Inn, located in Medford, Here we go! Oregon. They are located just a few minutes from lodging reservations. Be sure to let them know that you are joining Indigo Creek Outfitters. If Galice is full, the airport and provide an airport shuttle service. 8:00 a.m. or 9:00 a.m. (please see reservation email) there are a number of lodging alternatives in Merlin and Galice Resort, 11744 Galice Rd, Merlin, OR 97532 Grants Pass, Oregon. To add days to your Southern Oregon visit, you may consider spending a couple nights in or near Ashland, Oregon. Home of the famous Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland is a fun town with excellent restaurants and entertainment. n the morning of your trip, our lead guide ook for an Indigo Creek Outfitters van or will meet you and other guests at the truck in the parking area at Galice Resort. While you are in the area... O Galice Resort & General Store. Most of our LWe will provide you with a large dry bag for Crater Lake National Park trips meet at 9:00 a.m. however specialty kayak you to pack your items. Additionally, you’ll receive WE HAVE GONE ON OVER A Jedediah Smith State Park instruction courses in August meet at 8:00 a.m. a smaller dry “day bag” that can be accessible DOZEN GUIDED RIVER TRIPS. Oregon Caves National Monument We’ll answer questions about the trip, give out throughout the day. The large dry bag will be Rogue Valley Wine Tasting waterproof bags for personal gear and then shut- stored in our “camp boat” and will be downstream THIS ONE WAS THE BEST. Oregon Shakespeare Festival tle everyone to our put-in site by van. It’s encour- of the group, so it’s important to not pack any- Britt Music Festival aged that you arrive early to grab breakfast and thing you may need during the day in this bag. We Pacific Crest Trail any last minute items you may need. Galice has a will move vehicles to the overnight parking area restaurant as well as a retail store for last-minute and our van will transport the group to our launch Day 1 on the river... items (water bottles, fishing licenses, etc.). location, just a few miles down the road. It won’t take long before you are enjoying the Rogue River. 4 INDIGO CREEK • (541) 282-4535 • [email protected] 5 Inflatable kayaks, aka “Duckies,” following the “The guides were true “mother duck” raft around the corner at the professionals, with the famous Horseshoe Bend Rapid. utmost care for safety while still making sure that everyone on the trip had a blast.” DISCOVER RIVER TIME Our Rogue trips are OUR PROFESSIONAL CREW long enough to begin Team Indigo is comprised of guides, to forget what time and drivers, and a customer/trip support day of the week it is. We THERE’S NO TIME crew who love what they do. We strive affectionately refer to to provide exceptional customer service, this feeling as “river time.” to run polished and expectation- So much of our lives are LIKE “RIVER TIME” shattering adventures, and love – run by the calendar and absolutely love – sharing our amazing time of day that it’s nice neighborhood rivers. As your host, our to enjoy the experience varied backgrounds and experiences, of time not mattering. n your trip we’ll float about Oar boats carry the majority of our personalities, stories, and aspirations To that end, you might 40 miles and run some gear and also provide a comfortable SAFETY ON THE RIVER will form the backbone of your visit to want to leave your watch O outstanding whitewater. Typi- place to kick back and relax as your Safety on your trip is our primary our wild rivers. in your vehicle for the cally, we’ll have breakfast around 8:00 guide rows the boat downstream. concern and probably yours as well. duration of your trip. a.m. each day and try to be on the You will be traveling in a remote area Paddle boats are more participatory water by 10:00 a.m. We raft about six and doing something that is quite and passengers will have a paddle hours every day with a break for lunch a bit different from your everyday early in the afternoon. Quite often we to help move the boat downstream. routine. The primary elements for a stop for a hike or to visit a historic site A guide in the back controls the raft safe, healthy trip are to always wear a after lunch. When we arrive at camp with oars while giving instruction to personal flotation device on the water, you’ll have time to relax, swim or sit the crew. be diligent about hand washing and back with a good book. Inflatable kayaks are the most active Tate Creek Bridge to follow the directions of our guides. way to head downstream is in an Pausing for a group photograph on Our boats are rugged inflatable rafts There are lodges and access points inflatable kayak. These boats are fast, the historic Tate Creek Bridge. 12 to 18 feet in length that carry gear along the river in the unlikely event super maneuverable, and an absolute and passengers. On nearly all of our that an evacuation is needed. Our blast to run through rapids. trips, we bring along inflatable kayaks. guides are trained in First Aid and river These stable, easy to use boats let you rescue techniques. run rapids on your own. 6 INDIGO CREEK • (541) 282-4535 • [email protected] 7 Packing Where the FOR YOUR WILD THINGS ARE e will be traveling through side from mammals, the Rogue a wilderness area that is River is well known for its leg- ROGUE TRIP W home to many creatures. It A endary Steelhead and salmon is very common over the course of our runs. These fish enjoy the river when iver attire should be The large dry bag measures 16” trips to see bear, deer, bald eagles, and temperatures cool down and we are casual and comfort- in diameter and 25” tall when other wildlife.