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Class III rapid at Canolfan Tryweryn, Wales. The international scale of river difficulty is an American system used to rate the difficulty of navigating a stretch of river, or a single (sometimes whitewater) rapid. [1] The scale was created by the American Whitewater Association to evaluate rivers throughout the world, hence international in ...
Long: 19 m 3 /s (670 cu ft/s) center.whitewater.org. The U.S. National Whitewater Center (USNWC) is a not-for-profit outdoor recreation and athletic training facility for whitewater rafting, kayaking, canoeing, rock climbing, mountain biking, hiking and ice skating which opened to the public in 2006. [1] The Center is located in Charlotte ...
President Jimmy Carter signed legislation establishing New River Gorge National River on November 10, 1978 (Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 95–625).As stated in the legislation, the park was established as a unit of the national park system "for the purpose of conserving and interpreting outstanding natural, scenic, and historic values and objects in and around the New River Gorge ...
The whitewater rafting on the Chattooga River offers plenty of fun for all ages. Section 3 of the river welcomes those 8 years old and older for a gentler rafting journey and includes swimming spots.
West Virginia: Raft Some of the Nation's Best Whitewater. West Virginia's New River Gorge has rafting for everyone: gentler, family-friendly rapids on the upper New River and more intense ...
Wilderness Tours Resort. Wilderness Tours (WT) is a commercial whitewater rafting/kayaking and outdoor training center. It was founded in 1975 when Joe E. Kowalski and five others (Sean Mannion, Jimmy Casilio, Robbie Rosenberger, Ken Czambel and Paul Fogal) took rafts down and navigated the section of river known as Rocher-Fendu.
Ocoee Whitewater Center. 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 ...
Whitewater slalom at Dickerson Whitewater Course, Maryland, USA. Slalom is a technical competitive form of canoeing, and the only whitewater event to appear in the Olympic Games. Racers attempt to make their way from the top to the bottom of a designated section of river as fast as possible, while correctly negotiating gates (a series of double ...
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