After a plentiful rain event in May of 2020, several friends
and I decided to check out the rarely run Upper and Middle sections of Johnnies
Creek. The painted gauge at the put in for the Lower was reading about
+3.5" when we headed up for our run and was about +2.5" afterwards,
which seemed around a minimum flow for the Upper section.
Until Next Time,
-adam
| kayak session |
This was Lulu's first time in a tandem kayak and both of our
first times in the Pyranha Kayaks Fusion Duo. We paddled from Billy’s Ford to
Blue hole on the Little River in Alabama at a moderate water level. The Pyranha
Fusion Duo was incredibly stable and easy to paddle, despite the unbalanced
weight distribution of my 265 lbs in the back and my daughter’s 45 lbs in the
front. Now that I know how easy it is to paddle, I would certainly feel
confidant taking her on any stretch of whitewater up to class III and even
doing a multiday run out of it. Its great and perfect for us! We’re both
already looking forward to the next opportunity to paddle it together.
Until Next Time...
-adam
| kayak session |
I had a lot of really great laps down Little River Canyon in
the Pyranha 12R in the spring of 2020. A boat with this much hull speed offers
a lot of different ways to mix it up on my home run. Check it out!
Until Next Time...
-adam
| kayak session |
In an area packed with so much great whitewater, it is no
surprise that the relatively tame West Fork of the Little River is often
overlooked. There is a handful of local paddlers who frequent this run during
the winter and spring, but beyond those in close proximity, it is largely
unknown. What people are overlooking is a fun play run that offers up miles of
class III with endless surfing, spinning, and splatting in a beautiful gorge
full of waterfalls formed by the numerous tributaries entering the river. The
run is best when the LRC gauge is between 1500-2500 CFS and the compilation of
footage in this run from Spring 2020 is in that range.
