Tar River (Upper, Hobgood Rd to Hwy 158)
I had a chance to run another one that I spent many hours studying on the satellite. With over 5 ft on the gage (23 miles downstream), I ran the Tar River from Hobgood Rd to Hwy 158. I chose …
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Families Paddle Too ’23 – 11th edition
Despite some less than optimal weather for paddling with younger folks, a hardy group of family paddlers showed up for the 11th edition of Families Paddle Too at Smoky Mountain Meadows for the Memorial Day Weekend. We had families from North …
Scrapey Upper Richland Creek
We had a good, scrapey morning adventure on the upper part of Richland Creek. I have done further downstream in the past and had high hopes for the upper part, just southeast of Asheboro, NC. Unfortunately, it did not rain …
Roanoke Rapids Big Wave Day
I had a great time on Sunday at the annual big water release on the Roanoke River at Roanoke Rapids at Weldon. This is a park and play spot that offers opportunity for paddlers of many skill levels. For the …
Hiwassee July 3, 2021 CCC Week of Rivers Powerhouse Ramp to Reliance
2021 July 3 CCC Week of rivers Trip INFO Hiwasee River TN July 3, 2021 Descriptions are from American Whitewater Pertinant info: To obtain the predicted release for the following day by calling the TVA flow number: 800-238-2264 (toll-free) then …
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South Fork Holston
We had 4 boats and 5 people on the SF Holston run. Theresa and I were in the Tandum Equif, Rich Ruhlan was in his open canoe and Jim Lenburg and Vance Parker were in kayaks. The SFH is a …
Joe Greiner Toast/Roast Photos WOR 2019
Link to photos from Joe Greiner gathering Week of Rivers 2019
email me if you want me to send the link to you or if you can't retrieve these. Johnson Rice gjrice@live.com
Paddling the Lumber
Route: Chalk Banks to Cypress Bend Winery (access by special permission). This started and ended as a great day on the river with kayak paddlers and staff from Lake Rim Park in Fayetteville (9 people total). However, when we got about ¼ mile south of US-401 ( Raeford Rd) we ran into a huge clearcut on the west bank. This goes on for 0.9 miles as the crow flies or at least 1.25 miles on the river. Google Earth imagery shows this as being cut about March of 2018.
Removal of Rocky River dam is a plus for paddlers
River: Rocky (Cape Fear River Basin)
Section: Pittsboro-Goldston Road (Chatham County 1010) to Chatham Church Road (Chatham County 1953)
Length: 4.4 miles
Paddlers: Paul Ferguson, OC-1; Bob Brueckner, K-1
Date: Dec. 18, 2018
Level: About 200 cfs when you add USGS gauges at Tick Creek (113 cfs) and Siler City (20.7 cfs) to several perennial and intermittent creeks
By Bob Brueckner
What a difference a dam can make, or rather the lack of one.
Weldon get together
Nice day on the water among CCC friends and we may have even seen the birth of another addict to the sport.
We had 1 novice, couple intermediates, and some advanced paddlers along with a couple instructors and an instructor educator. Hmm, great opportunity for some newer paddlers. Decent weather and good conditions for a better than average wave shape for surfing (pool level around 19.3' with flow of 2600cfs).