If you’re flying in:
The closest airport to our launch is Medford. You can also fly to Eugene (about 2.5 hour drive) or Portland (about a 4 hour drive).

Driving to the river:
If you have rented a car or have driven your own, we will give you directions to the launch and we will arrange for your car to be shuttled to the take out.

Charges range from $135 for individual cars to $900 for a group of 12 to be driven in a shuttle van.

If you have flown in as a group it is best to rent a van service to pick you up at the airport and be taken to your motel and then on to the river the following morning. They will then pick you up after the trip ends and transport you back to the airport. We can arrange this service for you.

You will meet your guides at Graves Creek the morning of the first day of the trip. Directions to the launch will be given to you once the trip is booked. The launch is located about 20 miles off I-5.

We generally reach our final destination on the fourth day about 11 am at the community of Agnes. If you are on a 3 day trip, we reach Foster Bar about 4pm.

You are about 27 miles from Gold Beach, if you’re heading for the coast. If you’re traveling back to Interstate 5, you are about 2 hours to Grants Pass.

The trip wiIl begin at Graves Creek at 9 am, so it’s best to spend the night preceding your trip in Grants Pass. Here are some options for lodges near our launch:

—Riverside Inn 1-800-334-4567
—Galice Resort 541-476-3818
—Morrison’s Rogue River Lodge 1-800-826-1963.

High quality rain gear including rain hat and warm coat

A couple changes of clothes (casual or sport clothes are customary)

Sneakers and waterproof boots in the event of rain (late fall)

Small flashlight

Sunscreen

Sunglasses

Camera & binoculars if you wish

Shorts and Swimsuit (early fall)

Hat for shade

Long underwear, gloves and rubber pac boots (for late October-November)

Day pack for items you want to keep close while on the river

Beverage and mix if you wish

Book to read at leisure

Water Bottle

Phones don’t work on this stretch of the river! We carry a satellite phone for emergencies.

Due to the nature of our business with limited launch dates, trip size and commitments to lodges and guides - deposits are non-refundable.

However, if we can refill your cancelled seats at full price, we will refund all fees received.

If you must cancel, your deposit will be refunded only if the vacancies can be filled by you or us.

If you cancel within 60 days of your start date, you will owe the entire balance.

If we have to cancel, you will receive a full refund.

Come rain, snow, or high water, we almost always run our trips. But if there are insufficient reservations, we reserve the right to alter the departure date or place, or to cancel a trip.

There will be a full refund for any trip canceled by Drift Adventures, LLC. Our financial liability is limited to the amount paid to Drift and shall not cover any other costs incurred by trip members.

We strongly urge that you buy trip insurance in the event you become ill or are hurt prior to your trip or in the event you must depart a trip in progress. Our guests in the past have used Travelex, Travel Guard and others.