W141    Spring Vacation River Rafting Program: Spring Vacation Week, 2009

Parent/Student Information Meeting: Date TBA, 7-9 PM, Kent Evans Auditorium

Mandatory Student Prep Meeting: Date TBA, 11AM-3 PM , St. Nick Outdoor Room

  This six-day trip will involve ten students and three staff navigating three inflatable rafts down a 50-mile stretch of Central Oregon 's Deschutes River . The goal of the trip is to have students learn and use the skills necessary to travel safely and enjoyably on this wilderness river. The river has a steady progression of moderate whitewater as it cuts through its deep and winding desert canyon. Besides river travel, the trip will include a variety of day hikes as well as a carefully monitored 24-hour solo experience. Limit of ten students. Cost: Approximately $140. Leaders: James Moore and TBA.

Student selection for this program after the first week of October, 2009. Trip rosters are posted in Bliss 28