Ad
related to: big pigeon river whitewater rafting prices in mo today
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Whitewater River [1] Little St. Francis River; Headwater Diversion Channel. Whitewater River [1] Castor River [1] Old River; River aux Vases; Meramec River. Big River. Terre Bleue Creek. Andrews Branch; Bourbeuse River. Little Bourbeuse River; Little Meramec River; Huzzah Creek. Courtois Creek. Abbott Branch; Shoal Creek; Dry Fork; River des Peres
Cataract Canyon remains a popular whitewater rafting destination today. The rapids in the canyon are generally considered "big water", with a character similar to those found in Grand Canyon . Cataract Canyon is rated on the Class I-VI International Scale of River Difficulty , unlike the Grand Canyon, which is rated on a scale of one to ten.
Whitewater Rafting – Rafters with trained raft guides can paddle Class II, III, and IV rapids on the artificial whitewater channels. In 2010, the USNWC had 100,000 rafters. Whitewater Kayaking – Whitewater kayakers, from beginner to expert, can paddle, with or without instructors, alongside Olympic contenders.
Recreational rafting is popular in two sections of the river, the Upper and the Lower. Both sections are found in Hartford, Tennessee. The Upper section begins at the powerhouse (located right on the North Carolina/Tennessee border) and features up to Class III+ whitewater rapids. The Lower section features "more modest" waves. [13]
Rafting in Grand Canyon, USA Rafting in Himachal Pradesh, India Whitewater rafting along the Cagayan de Oro River, Philippines Rafting on the Arkansas River, Colorado, US Rafting in Ladakh, India Rafting in Alaska Rafting on the Tara river, Bosnia. Rafting and whitewater rafting are recreational outdoor activities which use an inflatable raft ...
A skilled raft guide is able to recognize river features and understand their effects on a raft, and what is required to navigate among or around these features with passengers. On rapids where the potential risk of injury is high, it is the guides' responsibility to keep the raft from overturning and the passengers from falling overboard.
The Petawawa River is a popular whitewater river in Ontario, Canada. A whitewater river is any river where its gradient and/or flow create rapids or whitewater turbulence. This list only focuses on rivers which are suitable for whitewater sports such as canoeing, kayaking, and rafting.
The Ocoee Whitewater Center, near Ducktown, Tennessee, United States, was the canoe slalom venue for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, [1] [2] and is the only in-river course to be used for Olympic slalom competition. A 1,640 foot (500 m) stretch of the Upper Ocoee River was narrowed by two-thirds to create the drops and eddies needed for a ...