Author: Ellie Friedmann

I am a Northwest Rafting Company Guide from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Rivers are my religion and I am passionate about running, studying, and playing on them.!

Meeting Our Congressmen on Behalf of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness

In March 2019 I traveled to Washington D.C. to meet our representatives for the Kalmiopsis Guides Association. With the goal to discuss the recent public lands package and future protections for the South Kalmiopsis, we arranged constituent meetings with the Oregon and New Mexico delegation, as well as nonprofit organizations. I met Congresspeople from both […]

Group Photo on the Carter Creek Trail

Hiking into Carter Creek

This past June, I hiked into Carter Creek for Northwest Rafting Company to ready gear for an Upper Chetco river trip in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness. Along with three other guides, we transported inflatable kayaks and camping gear nine miles down to Carter Creek, a beautiful stream that merges into the Chetco river. I have a […]