Clubs and Regional Expertise

Regional paddling clubs and their experts provide a wealth of river information. This page consolidates local and regional rivers and expertise.

The lists are maintained using rivers.run tag capabilities. There are a number of tags already in place (CCCWOR, CCCSPRING,WVWOR), that work in conjunction with free form search the rivers. To take full advantage of any search result, you can hit the skill arrow to sort by difficulty, or the flow arrow to get a consolidated view of whats running. Click on any river to see the river write-up and the most current river gauge information.

The more expertise, the better. If you are interested in adding your local expertise to river write-ups, or adding an events and regional summary, please email contact@rivers.run

Paddling Club Events - commonly paddled rivers

• April - West Virginia Week of Rivers (tag = WVWOR)
• Easter - Carolina Canoe Club Spring weekend (tag = CCCSPRING)
• July - Carolina Canoe Club Week of Rivers Information

Learn from the Experts!

• Ed Evangelidi

  Paddlers in the WV/VA/MD and surrounding areas have drawn from Ed's knowledge of the rivers for decades. Here are some of Ed's favorites lists

  • Ed's Ranked River List (super useful ordered list of 156 rivers!)
  • Ed's Classic Rivers (within 100 miles of DC)
  • Ed's Top Rivers in the DC area - 10 per skill level

  Ed's CCC Week of Rivers information

  • Novice runs
  • Easier runs by ranked difficulty
  • Gauge information

  Ed's regional write-ups - overviews of areas, helpful to find other rivers close by, also may include hiking, camping, food, etc.

  • Harpers Ferry area
  • New River WV Area
  • Potomac Highlands, WV and Canaan Valley - Hiking
  • Shenandoah River, VA
  • Cacapon/Lost River Basins
  • Washington DC metro area paddling
  • Lower Savage & North Branch Area
  • Mighty Cheat Basin
  • Youghiogheny River/Ohiopyle/Confluence Pa
  • Blacksburg area rivers