Columbia/Snake river

[captras]

I have read about allot of places jetboaters have cruised, but never read anything about the Columbia/Snake River expeditions in the NW. I have seen commercial river cruises that start in the Seattle area and cruise these rivers, but never individuals. Anybody ever done it?

 

[Matt Phillips]

If there are commercial Columbia/Snake River cruises out of Seattle, I'd think they are a buss to the boat kind of thing as getting over the Columbia River Bar is one of the worst in the world. That's where the Coast Guard does their heavy seas training.

There are also a lot of dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers. By where I went to college, the Snake was more of a lake than a river.

 

[Scuba_ref]

I can see the Columbia River out my living room window (at least part of the section of river between the Rocky Reach and Rock Island dams, those two dams are only 20 miles apart). I think there are 11 dams total on the Columbia and so it really is more like a lake.

 

[bobbie]

I live in the portland, or area. The columbia is my least favorite place to boat. Lots of sandbars during the summer where it gets super shallow quickly. The current is usually pretty swift too even in the late summer. I've got friends who like it since there are plenty of islands to hang out during the day. I will take the willamette river any day...much better for surfing.