Early AM Haw Run
— Testing Email Forwarders with a Trip Report — We ran the lower haw very early on the morning of 2022/02/15. This time of year it’s light enough to paddle at 0645. We were on the river by 0700 with …
River: Haw
These boots are made for walking? In the Haw?
By Bob Brueckner We interrupt this warm September day to bring you an important message: A pair of paddlers found a pair of hiking boots just downstream of Lunchstop Rapid on the Lower Haw. The boots appeared high and dry …
Eno you want to-turned into Middle Haw
We had 16 boaters this morning on the Middle Haw. The level was 3000 cfs. The day started out a little gray, but the temps were very comfortable. Alan provided a great van for shuttling! We didn’t have any swims. …
2 Days on the Lower Haw
Despite the cold temps, the Haw was up, and I was lucky enough to get to paddle for two straight days with some great people. On Tuesday, we had just 3 boaters – Larry Ausley, John McDonald and myself. The …
Middle and Lower Haw Trip
We had a great group of 33 paddlers take on the Middle Haw consisting of all skill levels from instructors to true novice paddlers. There were also several experienced paddlers with the group taking their first time down this section …
SWR on Lower Haw /Discussion
This was posted on CCC Facebook page for discussion and I am now re writing it and adding all the comments and advise taken from that discussion. On November 15th, Myself, Steve Johnson, and Mark and Angela Wiseman paddled …
Middle and Lower Haw – watch out for strainer in Tombstone
Watch out for strainer at bottom of Tombstone!
Moosejaw’s Day on the Lower Haw
Haw River Trip Report
June 15th, 2019
Paddlers: Larry Ausley, Wayne Jones, Puyen De la Cruz, David Freeman, John Kriener, Greg Vari, Bryce Linacrce, Frankie McMahon, and myself
Water on the Haw? Just enough for a fun day
River: Middle and Lower Haw
Level: 508 cfs (4.06 feet), Bynum gauge
Date: Saturday, May 25, 2019
Paddlers: Paul Ferguson (OC-1), David Freeman (OC-1), Angela Wiseman (K-1), Mark Kuttrus (K-1 inflatable), Bob Brueckner (C-1)
I went to bed Friday night promising to run the Middle Haw if the Bynum gauge reported at least 340 cfs Saturday morning. So I was pleasantly surprised when the first reading was 496.
2019 Spring Novice Trip on the Upper Haw
A weird rain schedule for the spring had me despairing for a good novice run. The Middle Haw and Eno were too low, but the Fear, due to current lake levels, was too high. Digging back through my trips journal, I found notes for running the Upper Haw at levels below where I'd run the Middle (Haw at Haw river of about 4.3). Perfect. I hadn't announced the specifics for the trip to avoid the problem of having to redirect everyone at the last minute (and risk missing someone).