Nestled in the granite hills of eastern Missouri, the St. Francis River and the land around it are renowned for being rugged and remote. Anglers, hikers, and campers willing to brave the big boulders ...

A kayaker paddles through whitewater on the St. Francis River. This story first appeared in the Outdoors newsletter. Click here to learn more and sign up. The only whitewater paddling between Kentucky ...

JAY COOKE STATE PARK - As his stubby, plastic kayak dipped under the wave of a rapids, between two boulders and then out of sight, Jon Schmidt let out a primal scream audible even over the roar of the ...

“You want to Rochambeau on it?” My paddling partner and I were scouting the first of the S-Bend rapids on Washington’s Skagit River, and while not the rowdiest water, my kayak was full to the brim ...