Seeing Rock City
Seeing Rock City a Trip Report on the Middle Ocoee River by Alton Chewning -I was thinking about a vacation, doing a little tour of eastern Tennessee. As a youth, I recall going with my parents on rare mountain …
River: Ocoee
Ocoee Drawdown 2023
Well, that’s another Ocoee Drawdown on the books. The Middle Ocoee is a Class III/III+ river with 20+ named rapids packed almost back-to-back for five miles. What’s Ocoee Drawdown (also referred to as “Secret Week”)? The last week of September …
Ocoee Drawdown 2022
The last week of September is Ocoee Drawdown, where the Ocoee runs the entire week. During the week of Drawdown the Ocoee has little to no raft traffic (literally a couple of rafts here and there). You can paddle the …
Slice & play the Middle Ocoee
We had a small group on the Middle Ocoee on a hot WOR day slice, dice and play our way down the river. New moves were tried, old ones improved on, and others tried only once (for obvious reasons). Dave …
Ocoee Weekend
I’ve had a long Spring, and was looking forward to my first chance on the Ocoee this year. While we started out with eight signed up, we lost three in the last couple of days to other causes. One due …
Ocoee Drawdown 2021
The Middle Ocoee is a Class III/III+ river with 15 rapids packed almost back-to-back for five miles. One of the most heavily-rafted rivers in the world, during Drawdown the dam-controlled Ocoee runs the entire week, with little to no raft-traffic …
Ocoee Coordination
Ocoee Coordination I was looking forward to a New River Gorge trip John McDonald had considered. However, John had injured his shoulder/neck, didn’t want to paddle a remote river, and wasn’t certain how he’d be feeling as the weekend approached. …
Middle Ocoee
6 Paddlers today, everyone did fantastic. The small group size was really nice. I am not sure I have ever had such a small group on the Middle Ocoee. Paddlers: Donna Murphy, Greg Murphy, Nathan Anderson, Teresa Tee, Camilla Nivison, …
Playin’ Ocoee
Our group headed to the Ocoee on Thursday, July 8, as a WOR trip, to play, slice and dice the river at an intermediate level. Got to the put-in at 11 and on the river around 11:45, and off the …
Ocoee Drawdown 2018
Drawdown Day 0
Showed up at Thunder Rock at 9 pm, later than desired but with my oil changed. Campground about 25% full, but Dead Quiet.
Set up camp at the group site, alone and feeling like I'd rented a full suite at a hotel, my tent alone.
Drawdown Day 1
Jim arrived around 8 this morning. He set up camp before we headed out. A dreary drizzly day, yet with warm weather. Ran into the Texas crew at the crack of noon as we put on for a second run.