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Rafting the Cascade Loop
with Alpine Adventures Tours
(SM)
Driving the Cascade Loop in Washington is stunning. Rafting it is
breathtaking. Our expert guides will escort you on this wondrous eight-day
journey that has just the right mix of hard adventure and soft landings. Not
only will you raft the four best rivers, you'll learn of Chinook Salmon and
see for yourself why they are endangered. You'll ramble through amazing Ohme
Gardens while overlooking the apple capital of the world. After, you'll wander
through a little bit of Bavaria, right here in Washington, in a town called
Leavenworth. Then finish up in Seattle and see for yourself why the locals
think it is the best city in the world!
The Rivers…
flow from high in the Cascade mountains. We
start your adventure with the Class IV Sauk River through Darrington. This
federally protected Wild & Scenic river, while only one and a half hours
from downtown Seattle, will seem like a day trip to Alaska. Pristine
wilderness, excellent bird watching and exciting whitewater get this trip off
in style!
After traveling through beautiful North
Cascades National Park and having a comfortable night, we will wander through
the western town of Winthrop before launching on the Methow River. Another
Class IV classic, with stunning views of Ponderosa-like landscape, you'll
expect Little Joe and Hoss to ride around the next corner.
Your third river adventure starts in
Leavenworth, the Northwest version of Austria, on the Class III Wenatchee
River. The mix of huge waves and quiet floating make this river perfectly
schizophrenic. We'll finish this trip back in Leavenworth, before heading west
to our grand finale…
the Skykomish. Just the name alone sends
shivers up the spine of all who float her waters. This big Class IV-V river
has it all: wilderness, whitewater and reputation. You'll know why the
"Sky" earns its title as the best day trip in the Northwest as you
peer upstream from the bottom of "Boulder Drop" after just having
made the move around "House Rock!"
All this adventure and quality time in
Seattle as well!
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Itineraries 
