Team Building on the Skagit

Tag along with AS Outdoor Center trip leaders for a late-winter paddle on the Skagit River.

Luke Hollister

Luke Hollister is a visual journalist at WWU.

Photos and video by Luke Hollister

three students use cylindrical hand pumps to inflate a river raft

students line a river bank, suited up and ready to put their rafts in the river

Colorful rafts on the riverbank contrast with the blue-green glacier-melt water while the group gathers before heading out.

a paddle dips into the clear, calm water, leaving circular ripples

Three students listen to a fourth student while they float in the raft down the river, trees lining the riverbanks.

Six students paddle a raft into some minor rapids, a mountain peak dotted with snow in the background.. One smiles for the camera.

four students wearing helmets, personal flotation devices and waterproof gear paddle an inflatable raft through rapids on the Skagit River