Nantahala Weekend Trip Report
As of the weekend prior to this, there had been little rain in NC and none was predicted for the next week, and I wanted to paddle some Class II-III stuff, so I decided that a trip to the Nantahala …
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Beautiful day on French Broad
Beautiful summer day on French Broad section 9 paddlers were Bill Mulvey and Rosie Eisenberg. Water level 1175 but just fine for my first time back on this section in probably over 35 yrs. Water was coffee colored from upstream …
Pleasant day on the Eno
Pleasant Green Access to West Point on the Eno Access, 8.5 miles Participants: Jorge Castro, Marc Morris, Bob Brueckner (coordinator) Gauge: USGS – Eno near Durham: 3.93 feet (602 cfs); about 1 foot on the Pleasant Green bridge I wasn’t …
Pigeon River Pre-WOR
We braved the crowds on the Dirty Bird and survived! Our crew of 11 was joined by two from the takeout looking for a group. We had a handful of PFDs, no mishaps, and we’re pretty sure everyone had a …
French Broad Section 9
A gorgeous day on FB9; about 77 degrees and sunny, with very few clouds, running about 1500 cfs. The three of us made good time from Barnard to Stackhouse, stopping to surf at Sandy Bottom, and enjoying some eddy hopping …
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 …
US National WW Center CCC Trip
We had a crew of 10 boaters show up to the whitewater center for the CCC trip! Experience ranged from first time to seasoned veterans. We took off initially as a crew and started working our way down the wilderness …
Nolichucky – May 20
We had a (motley) crew of 7. Air temperature hovered around 70 and the flow was ~ 1000 cfs on the Embreeville gauge. (neither scrapey nor high) Everyone had been down the Noli before. We used the USA Raft van …
April on the French Broad
CCC Trip Report French Broad River, Section 9, April 22 and 23, 2023 – trip coordinator Wayne Jones Flow: around 2,500 cfs on Saturday falling to 2,400 cfs or so on Sunday French Broad Section 9 is just north of …
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 …