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Rivers Whitewater boating is a dangerous sport. You are responsible for making the appropriate choices. Please ensure your skills are suitable for the river trips and the clinics. You must have whitewater experience to sign up for all Boater Chick Festival trips and clinics. The playboating clinics are of an instructional nature. The river trips are non-instructional. A helmet and PFD must be worn at all times on all river trips and clinics. Float bags are highly recommended. The Nantahala River Located in scenic Wesser, North Carolina, the Nantahala is a cold, fast moving, roadside, class II-III river walled in a beautiful, shady gorge. This run is suitable for beginners. Patton’s Run is the first major rapid and it’s located just downstream of the put in. Best run on the right, it can be scouted on the drive up to the put in. The largest rapid on the run, Nantahala Falls, is located just above the takeout. This rapid has many eddies, waves, and holes, therefore, there are many lines to choose from. Scouting alongside the many spectators is easily done on the right via a concrete pathway maintained by Nantahala Outdoor Center. The run is 7.8 miles long and drops 36 fpm. The Nanty is a dam controlled river that releases from March to November. The Ocoee River The Ocoee is a super fun, big water, roadside, class III+ play river. Some of the best playboaters in the world cut their teeth on this run and can still be seen all summer long in the many waves and holes along the run. A dam released river located just outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee, it is extremely popular and crowded during the hot summer months. The action begins immediately and remains fairly constant with the exception of a section of flat water midway down known as the Doldrums. The run is 4.7 miles long and drops 58 fpm. Releases on this Southern classic are from March to November. The Cheoah River Dewatered until 2006, the Cheoah is an exciting, big water, roadside, class IV river. The first half of the run features several medium gradient, high quality drops. Trees abound in this upper section making flips and swims particularly hazardous. A break in the action for a few miles is followed by the big stuff. When the road appears on your right, pull over and scout the next two drops. The first is long and technical and the second is Bear Creek Falls, a large drop with three optional lines. The rapids that follow are technical but fairly easy. Once you pass under the bridge, the action picks back up for big water drops all the way to the lake. The run is 9.25 miles long and drops between 42 and 146 fpm. The Cheoah is dam controlled with scheduled releases in the Fall and Spring. The Green River Narrows The Narrows is the top notch class V training ground for some of the best boaters in the world. Dam controlled, the run releases year ‘round. The length is short at just 2.8 miles, but the scenery and whitewater are spectacular by any standards. A brief warm up before the gorge comes at you with several IV-V drops. The big three: Go Left and Die, Sunshine and Gorilla are big, technical and difficult. The action hangs on until the takeout at the beach on river right. Gradient ranges from 97 to 286 fpm. Releases are in percentages with 60%-100% being a good level and anything higher makes the run more difficult.
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Rivers

Whitewater boating is a dangerous sport. You are responsible for making the appropriate choices. Please ensure your skills are suitable for the river trips and the clinics. You must have whitewater experience to sign up for all Boater Chick Festival trips and clinics. The playboating clinics are of an instructional nature. The river trips are non-instructional. A helmet and PFD must be worn at all times on all river trips and clinics. Float bags are highly recommended.

The Nantahala River

Located in scenic Wesser, North Carolina, the Nantahala is a cold, fast moving, roadside, class II-III river walled in a beautiful, shady gorge. This run is suitable for beginners. Patton’s Run is the first major rapid and it’s located just downstream of the put in. Best run on the right, it can be scouted on the drive up to the put in. The largest rapid on the run, Nantahala Falls, is located just above the takeout. This rapid has many eddies, waves, and holes, therefore, there are many lines to choose from. Scouting alongside the many spectators is easily done on the right via a concrete pathway maintained by Nantahala Outdoor Center. The run is 7.8 miles long and drops 36 fpm. The Nanty is a dam controlled river that releases from March to November.

The Ocoee River

The Ocoee is a super fun, big water, roadside, class III+ play river. Some of the best playboaters in the world cut their teeth on this run and can still be seen all summer long in the many waves and holes along the run. A dam released river located just outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee, it is extremely popular and crowded during the hot summer months. The action begins immediately and remains fairly constant with the exception of a section of flat water midway down known as the Doldrums. The run is 4.7 miles long and drops 58 fpm. Releases on this Southern classic are from March to November.

The Cheoah River

Dewatered until 2006, the Cheoah is an exciting, big water, roadside, class IV river. The first half of the run features several medium gradient, high quality drops. Trees abound in this upper section making flips and swims particularly hazardous. A break in the action for a few miles is followed by the big stuff. When the road appears on your right, pull over and scout the next two drops. The first is long and technical and the second is Bear Creek Falls, a large drop with three optional lines. The rapids that follow are technical but fairly easy. Once you pass under the bridge, the action picks back up for big water drops all the way to the lake. The run is 9.25 miles long and drops between 42 and 146 fpm. The Cheoah is dam controlled with scheduled releases in the Fall and Spring.

The Green River Narrows

The Narrows is the top notch class V training ground for some of the best boaters in the world. Dam controlled, the run releases year ‘round. The length is short at just 2.8 miles, but the scenery and whitewater are spectacular by any standards. A brief warm up before the gorge comes at you with several IV-V drops. The big three: Go Left and Die, Sunshine and Gorilla are big, technical and difficult. The action hangs on until the takeout at the beach on river right. Gradient ranges from 97 to 286 fpm. Releases are in percentages with 60%-100% being a good level and anything higher makes the run more difficult.