Families Paddle Too
Families Paddle Too
Coordinator: Michelle Belknap Email: m_riddle08@yahoo.com
Dates: May 22-25. (Memorial Day Weekend)
This is an event for the entire family. It’s a great opportunity to introduce your young ones to other children their age who are interested in paddling.
Depending on the number of people participating, we hope to offer opportunities on flatwater and various levels of whitewater up to Class II/III. Parents are expected to paddle with their children.
Some skilled paddlers form subgroups to go to Ocoee or other more difficult rivers than are offered as part of the children’s groups.
Kayaks, canoes, C-1s, inflatable kayaks, pakrafts and catarafts are all acceptable paddle boats to use.
The Smoky Mountain Meadows campground will be the staging area for events and many people will be staying there.
755 East Alarka Road, Bryson City, NC 28713. Directions can be found on the Contact Us page.
All participants in any Carolina Canoe Club (CCC) trip do so as common adventurers. The CCC or its individual members may coordinate paddling trips but no one is considered leader of a trip. As common adventurers, all participants take the responsibility for making their own decisions including, but not limited to, whether it is safe for them to participate on any particular water body, what equipment they need and use, the routes they may choose to paddle, whether their skill levels and abilities are adequate for the activity or whether climate and water conditions are appropriate for their participation. Participants are exclusively responsible for their own safety.
Individual coordinators for all CCC activities set requirements per their sole discretion. The CCC does not necessarily endorse or approve requirements set by coordinators.