I had been meaning to get back to Robeson Creek at a decent level and today was the perfect opportunity. All the rivers were high and I knew Michael Merletto was looking to paddle, which was great since it had …
This is a section of river that I’ve had my sights on for some time now. My sister and brother in law had been looking at mountain houses for a rental property for a while in Watauga county so I’ve …
Linville River (Pineola to Crossnore – Not the Gorge) Read more »
Trip was approximately 1 mile or so Lake, 1.25 of Creek and 0.25 upstream on Deep River I had foot scouted this run previously using my packraft from the Deep River launch on US-15/501. The creek had looked promising and …
Little Buffalo Creek to Deep River (Hurricane Helene) Read more »
I had the fortunate experience of paddling with a large to me group (9 paddlers total) down the Little River. We had Gregory Moon, Anna Ploghoft, Guy Spiher, Evan Spiher, William Holeman, Joe Briscoe, Mitch Engel, Alton Chewning and myself …
Big Group on a Little River (South Fork Little – Guess Rd to Little River – US 501) Read more »
I had as a personal goal to run whitewater on three “Little Rivers” in central NC. This past winter I was able to hit two of those three, but the last one in the Zebulon area has been a hard …
We had high hopes for being able to pick anywhere in the Durham/Chapel Hill area to paddle Saturday morning. The day before, rain seemed to hover around the Hillsborough area for the bulk of the day and we had hoped …
Low Water Flat River (State Forest Rd to Lake Michie) Read more »
I haven’t personally run either Boone Fork or the Upper Watauga, but I had always wanted to paddle Boone Fork. American Whitewater announced earlier this week that there is a dispute on the lower sections of Boone Fork and Upper …
Tar River (Shock Overton Rd to Hwy 15), 2.17 miles Aaron Vaughan and I ran this section that we had read about in Paul Ferguson’s Paddling Eastern North Carolina. It was the second most exciting in terms of gradient that …
Normally I’d be sharing full details on where we went today for the Paddler as a B-Sides. I’ve got a few more creeks that I’d like to check out before I write one specifically on the Haw drainage. This trip …
Gregory Moon and I ran the upper part of the Flat River. Level was just under 5 ft on the gage, which rivers.run considers high flow. Visually, it didn’t seem high or even close to flood level, but the current …
