2011 Trip Schedule

Blue Ridge Voyageurs

2012 Trip Schedule
(Updated Jan. 25, 2012)

Notice and Assumption of Risk:
Whitewater paddling is a risky outdoor sport. BRV is not responsible for any individual’s decision to participate in a trip, or for his or her decision to run any river or section of a river.

Please Note:

We welcome new paddlers, guests, and out of town boaters. Please see the Contact Us page to join a trip to get in touch to find out more about the BRV.
BRV members receive a club roster that contains updates on scheduled trips and contact information for the entire club, as well as BRV This Week email messages about pick up trips and other updates.
The list of scheduled trips below remains a work in progress. Most trips are ad hoc, based on weather, river conditions, and trip leaders' short-term considerations.
Stay tuned to this page, The Voyageur newsletter, and to “BRV This Week” messages for updates.

You must communicate directly with the trip leader before the trip.
He or she will inform you about logistics, etc. Trip leaders are volunteers and retain the right to deny participation to non BRV members or those whose skills, experience or gear they suspect may be insufficient to safely participate.

To add or change a trip listing:
Please email Mike Martin or call him at 301-263-0386.To add or change a trip on short notice, send a “reply all” e-mail to any “BRV this Week” email.

JAN

Date

Location

Difficulty¹

Contact

January

Jan. 8.
(Sun. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.)

2nd annual "Fun With Ropes" safety/rescue clinic.
Kinder Farm Park in Anne Arundel County

Open to all

Charlie Dufy (with Tony Allred and Ron Ray)
703- 938-3949 (home)
703-407-0909 (cell)

Jan. 24 (Tues.)

BRV Meeting

Rick Koller

TBA

Winter thaw trips

Dealer's choice

Use email list.

FEBRUARY

Feb 11 or 12
(or TBA, weather permitting)

"Passage Creek, Stony Creek VA, or similar small stream"

TBA

Ron Knipling

Feb. 18 or 19

Lillydippers' Cabin Fever Float

Dealer's choice (PN-LI)

Alan Dickerson or Mike Martin

Feb. 25 (Sat.)

Antietam Creek
Third annual BRV/CCA/MCC Antietam End of Winter Cruise

Jim Finucane
301-365-3485 (before 9 p.m.)

MARCH

Early March TBA

3rd Annual Couch Potatoes’ Spring Shakedown Cruise
(All hands on deck!)

PN-I/TBA

Jenny Thomas

March 11 (Sun.)
(Daylight Savings Time begins)

Dealer's Choice

Rick Koller

March 13 (Tues.)

BRV Meeting

Rick Koller

March TBA

Annual Rapp Trib trip
(He won't get skunked again!)

Hendrik van Oss

APRIL

April 14-15, 2012
(Fri - Sun)

Elk River Festival, Webster Springs, WV

(I-A)

Mike Martin

April 14 (Sat.)

Potomac Watershed Clean-Up

N-E

Kathleen Sengstock
301-649-3917

April TBA

Bloomington Releases

LI/I

Instigator Needed

MAY

May 5 or 6 (Sat - Sun)

Shenandoah River
Newport to Luray family-friendly trip

N/PN

Ron Knipling

May 12-20 (Sat - Sun)

BRV/MCC Smokey Mountains Trip
(Last year's trip report)

Class 3/3+

Richard Hopley

May 19-20 (Sat - Sun)

CCA River Kayak Beginners Class
ACA L1, L2, L3 Beginner/Novice

Charlie Duffy, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

Memorial Day Weekend
May 25-28

Smoke Hole Camper
family-friendly trip

LI to A

Frank Fico

Memorial Day Weekend
May 25-28

7th Annual Camper @ Teeter's Campgound, Albright, WV

LI to A

Mike Martin, Daryl Hall &
Courtney Caldwell

TBA

Bloomington Releases

LI/I

Instigator Needed

TBA

Stonycreek basin, TBA

Instigator Needed

TBA

CCA’s Annual Potomac Downriver Race

June

June 2-3 (Sat.-Sun)

Multi-Club SWR Class hosted by the CCC.
(expected schedule)

Charlie Duffy, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

June 6-10 (Thurs.-Sun.)

ACA SWR L4 Instructor Certification IDW/ICE

Charlie Duffy, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

June 9 (Sat.)

Dealers' Choice

Rick Koller

June 23-24 (Sat.-Sun)

Lower Yough Workout & Cheat Canyon for First-Timers

Charlie Duffy, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

JULY

Early July TBA

Western NC Week of Rivers
Hosted by Carolina Canoe Club

N-HI

Ed Evangelidi ?

July 7-8 (Sat.-Sun)

CCA Whitewater Kayaking Class
ACA L4 - Novice/Intermediate

N/I

Charlie Duffy, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

July 21-22 (Sat.-Sun)

CCA Swift Water Rescue Class,
ACA SWR L4

Charlie Duffy, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

July 28-29 (Sat.-Sun)

Kibler Valley River Run Festival
Dam release near Danville, VA

Ron Knipling

Late July/Early August

Potomac Watershed Clean-Up

N-E

Kathleen Sengstock
301-649-3917

AUGUST

Aug. 4 (Sat.)

BRV Moonlight Picnic at Violette's Lock

N/PN

Club Officers

August 8-13 (Fri.-Tues.)

ACA River Kayak Instructor Certification IDW/ICE
Charlie Duffy charlie_duffy@yahoo.com, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

Charlie Duffy, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

Aug. 25 (Sat.)

CCA Canoe/Kayak Rumble

Charlie Duffy, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

August TBA
(Sat - Sun)

Paddle, Camp, Party:
Flood City Music Festival

PN-I
(whatever’s running near Johnston, PA)

Courtney Caldwell &
Ed Evangelidi ?

SEPTEMBER

Labor Day Weekend
Sept. 1-3

New River Rendezvous
(multi-club event)

All

(usually Mike Sawyer - MCC, Ken Dubel - Coastals, and Charlie Duffy)

Sept. 15-16 (Sat - Sun)

Gauley Festival
New River Gorge and Lower Gauley

Charlie Duffy, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

Sept. TBA

Lehigh Releases

September TBA
(mid week)

BRV Meeting

Rick Koller

OCTOBER

Columbus Day Weekend
Oct. 8 - 10

Annual New Jersey Pine Barrens Car Camper

Ed Evangelidi ?

Oct. 15 (Sat.)

Advanced SWR Exercise – Intermediate

Charlie Duffy, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

NOVEMBER

Nov. TBA
(Sat - Sun)

Annual Tohickon Creek trip

Courtney Caldwell ?

Nov. TBA

Eastern Shore Car Camper

N/PN

Ed Evangelidi ?

November TBA
(mid week)

BRV Meeting

Rick Koller

Dec. 1 (Sat.)

BRV Holiday Party

Mark Wray

Dec. - Jan. 2013 TBA

Central Florida Trips

Ed Evangelidi?

1 For river difficulty descriptions, see BRV's List of River Rankings and AW's International Scale of River Difficulty

Thanks to all our trip leaders!

? = trip leader not confirmed.

Notes:

For mid-week pick up trips, contact Steve Ettinger, leader of the “Thursday Paddlers.” It always rains Wednesday night -- or so it seems, dammit! -- and few know better which gems to target to target.
Many thanks to Charlie Duffy for posting so many instructional and river safety trips for the DC area clubs.