The Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival was started in 1984 by the Northwest Rafter’s Association. It’s a weekend of fun and exciting whitewater activities. 2025 will mark the 39th anniversary of this great community gathering.  This year’s festival will be held May 16th-18th, 2025 on the Clackamas River just outside Estacada, Oregon.

The festival became an independent Non-Profit organization in 2013. This organization is dedicated to continuing the festival into the future and strives to embrace the entire whitewater community.

The Mission of the Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival is to:
- Bring the river community together
- Promote river safety & education
- Provide an arena for competition
- Break down barriers for new paddlers
- Foster river stewardship

Beyond these noble missions the UCWWF looks to gather boaters together for a rip roaring good time doing what we all love to do. This is the goal of the annual Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival – to provide you with a place to learn, to challenge, to bond and simply spend a GREAT weekend with your fellow boaters.