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 …
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Upper Gauley First-Timers Trip
Upper Gauley First-Timers Trip Report by Wayne Jones Trip Coordinator – Morgan Randell September 24, 25 2022 Trip participants: Morgan Randell, Ashley Cowan, Sejal Kinker, Marcy Fleeharty, Mike McDonough, Joe Marincel (first-timer), Wayne Jones (first-timer). The responsibility of …
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 …
New River Gorge as part of New River Gorge Rendezvous
New River Trip report 9/4-5/2022 Think of this as sort of a sub-report for the New River Rendezvous, organized by Ken Dubel and the Coastal Canoeists, with Monocacy Canoe Club, Carolina Canoe Club, and others as invitees. Traditionally, this is …
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Yough’ing
John MacDonald and I decided to make a week-long trip up to the lower section of the Youghiogheny River, joined by Jim Keihn. We also paddled with other groups for a couple of days. The Youghiogheny River (Yough for short, …
Smith River in Virginia
On Saturday, August 13, eight boaters from the Carolina Canoe Club and Coastal Canoeists met at 11 a.m. at the takeout (North Bassett Canoe Access) at Trenthill Drive in Bassett, Virginia to paddle the Smith River in Virginia: Linda Grasfeder …
Pigeon and FB9
Paddlers – Joe, Sam, Jay, and Lee The base plan was to paddle the Pigeon Gorge on Saturday and French Broad section 9 (FB9) on Sunday. We were hoping for enough rain to bring the Nolichucky, Big Laurel, or 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 …
Sometimes the best rescue is to get hands on.
Sometimes the best rescue is to get hands on. Thursday, 7/8/2022 French Broad Section 9 trip report. 15 boaters ferried across the river at Barnard put-in to look at the huge snake mural on the bridge. If you look directly …
French Broad, section 9
Trip coordinators: Joe and Martha Mount. Report by Martha Flow: 1270 cfs French Broad Section 9 (FB9) is a lovely stretch of river for a hot humid June day. We posted this trip as a Week of Rivers warm up. …