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Job Opportunities at Columbia River Kayaking
Guides/Assistant Guides We are looking to train and hire guides to work from May through October in 2023 and future seasons. Guides that have met our minimum standard for lead guiding can expect to lead our half, full, and multi-day trips. We provide training to help...
Historic Viewpoint Landing – Home to Travelers and Kayakers
Photo above is taken from the Viewpoint Landing website and shows the building, which is located across from the northwest tip of Price Island, at dusk looking on to the Skamokawa Channel as it opens to the lower Columbia River at River Mile 33.7. Viewpoint Landing...
A Conversation About Life in Skamokawa with Irene Martin
Photo above shows part of the town of Skamokawa ("ska-MOCK–a-way") provided by Road Scholar participants in 2023. This season’s 2023 newsletter includes a local spotlight section with content graciously provided by local historian and award-winning author,...
Getting to Know CRK Guide, Kim Thomson
Kim talks below about what brought her to CRK, how her career as a mental health therapist has taught her the importance of getting outdoors, and what she is enjoying most so far this season as a guide-in-training. Tell us a bit about yourself and what brought you to...
Where is Skamokawa and Why is it a Haven for Kayaking?
Co-written by Amber Siefer and Andrew Emlen. Columbia River Kayaking was founded in 2007 to provide educational tours of the Columbia River estuary where the river, which begins its journey in Canada more than 1,200 miles away, empties into the northern Pacific Ocean....
CRK Covid-19 Guidelines
1. Columbia River Kayaking (CRK) will utilize on-line or phone reservation systems to pre-pay and limit interactions as much as possible. Participants will sign, scan and send in waivers electronically before arrival whenever feasible. If they have not done so, paper...
New- and up-comer, Carson Thomas, joins CRK to lead Smooth & Easy and Price Island Tours this summer
CRK’s April Newsletter will feature Smooth & Easy Saturday Mini Tours perfect for beginners or anyone who just wants to spend a few hours out on the water having fun, enjoying nature and wildlife. Trip Leader, Carson Thomas, tells us more below about her...
