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Tuya River (BC)

June 23, 2019June 25, 2019 Nick Gottlieb 2 Comments british columbia, canada, dease lake, kayaking, northwest bc, self-support, stikine river, telegraph creek, tuya river

Location: British Columbia, Canada Length: 106 miles Days: 4-6 Class: II-IV (V) Craft: kayak, packraft Season: May-July Permitted: No Gauge:

A fun rapid on the Jökulsá á Fjöllum in Iceland.

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Jökulsá á Fjöllum (Iceland)

December 8, 2018December 8, 2018 Nick Gottlieb 0 Comments europe, iceland, Jökulsá á Fjöllum, kayaking, self-support, whitewater

Location: Iceland Length: 131 miles Days: 4-7 Class: IV(V) Craft: kayak, packraft, raft Season: May-September Permitted: No Map: click here The Jökulsá á Fjöllum is

The final portage of day two: an impressive ~50' lake-to-lake cascade that could maybe go...for the right person...and the right (higher) water level. Or maybe not.

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Kusawa River (BC, YT)

August 24, 2018June 23, 2019 Nick Gottlieb 0 Comments british columbia, canada, haines pass, kayaking, kusawa river, self-support, whitewater, yukon territory

Location: British Columbia and Yukon Territory, Canada Length: 38 miles Days: 3-5 Class: IV-V Craft: kayak, packraft Season: June-July Permitted: No Gauge: None

Selway River above the Moose Creek confluence.

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Selway River (ID)

May 9, 2018May 9, 2018 Nick Gottlieb 0 Comments idaho, kayaking, self-support, selway river, wild and scenic, wilderness

Location: Idaho, USA Length: 47 miles Days: 1-5 Class: III-IV (IV+ at high water) Craft: kayak, packraft, IK, SUP (low water) Season:

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Lower Dolores (CO)

April 15, 2018April 15, 2018 Nick Gottlieb 0 Comments colorado, desert, dolores river, kayaking, lower dolores, self-support, whitewater

Location: Colorado, USA Length: 47-170 miles Permitted: Yes (free permit, no lottery) Days: 2 or more Class: II-III (IV) Craft: kayak, raft Season:

Camping on the gravel bar at Indian Hot Springs. The hot springs were incredibly hot, but a pipe and a bathtub let's you find the right temperature for a soak.

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Jarbidge – Bruneau (ID)

February 27, 2018 Nick Gottlieb 0 Comments bruneau, canyon, idaho, jarbidge, rhyolite, self-support, wild and scenic

Location: Idaho, USA Length: 70 miles Permitted: self-issue at put-in Days: 2-4 Class: IV (V) Craft: kayak; packraft or IK (low water) Season:

Egor Voskoboynikov powers through part two of the three-part "Fall Creek Rapid" on the South Fork of the Salmon River, Idaho.

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South Fork Salmon River (ID)

January 5, 2018 Nick Gottlieb 0 Comments idaho, kayaking, salmon, self-support, south fork of the salmon, whitewater

Location: Idaho, USA Length: 53 miles Days: 2-3 Class: III-IV (V at higher flows) Craft: kayak, packraft, IK (low water) Season: April-October

Art Barket paddles High Falls on the Shavers Fork of the Cheat. Photo Abed Borsa.

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Shavers Fork of the Cheat River (WV)

December 12, 2017December 12, 2017 Nick Gottlieb 0 Comments cheat canyon, cheat river, kayaking, self-support, shavers fork, west virginia, whitewater

Location: West Virginia, USA Length: 52-140 miles Permitted: No Days: 2 or more Class: I-IV Craft: kayak, raft Season: Rain dependent, most likely

A paddler boofing on the Lower Gauley. Photo Jeff Macklin.

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Meadow / Gauley (WV)

November 29, 2017 Nick Gottlieb 0 Comments gauley river, kayaking, meadow river, self-support, west virginia

Location: West Virginia, USA Length: 40 miles Permitted: No Days: 2 Class: V Craft: kayak, canoe, inflatable Season: late fall-early spring; rainfall year-round

Adam Herzog in Super Corkscrew on the Upper Chattooga River. Photo by Cooper Lambla.

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Chattooga (NC, GA)

November 14, 2017November 15, 2017 Nick Gottlieb 0 Comments chattooga, georgia, kayaking, north carolina, self-support, whitewater

Location: North Carolina and Georgia, USA Length: 50 miles Permitted: Yes Days: 2-3 Class: I-V Craft: kayak Season: Dec 1-April 30 Gauge: @Burrells

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