Nantahala River
What a GLORIOUS trip. Sunny and temperatures in the 80’s. This was my inaugural run on the Nanty for this year and could not have asked for a better group of people and a better day. Myself, Brenda Carlton, Matt …
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French Broad Section 9 4/9 & 4/10
French Broad River, Section 9, April 9 and 10, 2022 – trip coordinator Wayne Jones Flow: around 3,300 cfs on Saturday falling to 3,100 cfs or so on Sunday French Broad Section 9 is just north of Asheville and is …
Cape Eno Haw Fear/CF Trip
2022 CAPE FEAR RIVER TRIP REPORT March 26, 2022 Originally this trip was posted as the Cape Eno Haw Fear trip, giving a nod to the unpredictability of knowing suitable river levels. Someone joked about doing all three Triangle …
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 …
MMRT 2022
Another MMRT is in the books. I’ve been searching for a word to describe how much I appreciate everyone who has been a part of this Event/Trip. Yeah, yeah, yeah it might be getting a bit deep here, but it’s …
Combat Roll Practice (Cape Fear River)
Campbell Falls, Cape Fear River, Erwin, NC Joe Briscoe ended up being the only taker today but that just means he was the lucky one! Apparently I had helped him recover from a swim on the Haw not too long …
Nolichucky/French broad into the Gorge weekend.
Day 1 Nolichucky Gorge 15 paddlers 5 PFD’s Level: 980cfs Temp: 63 Day 2 French Broad Section 9 7 paddlers 2 PFD’s Level 2200-2120 Temp: 51-57 It’s officially fall now and dry suit season is here. A truly …
Upper and Lower Russell Fork Weekend (Class 2-3)
Upper and Lower Russell Fork Weekend (Class 2-3) 10/2 – 10/3/2021 Big Trips are possible! This year we had a larger group than maybe we have ever had but all went well. Shuttles were worked out expertly to get everyone …
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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 …