Trips, Lessons, Tours:
Adventure
Challenge - Offering trips, instruction, and tours in whitewater
kayaking, tubing, sea kayaking, whitewater rafting, and snow skiing/boarding.
Classifieds:
Adventure Challenge's used equipment.
Part-time positions available with Adventure Challenge.
Information Forum :
Message Board - Here you can
communicate information to other recreation sports enthusiasts in Virginia. This
information may include used sports equipment for sale, sports equipment you
"want-to-buy", opinions on gear or equipment, people looking to paddle with
someone, etc. This message board provides a forum for individuals (not dealers or
businesses) to communicate information to the "adventure recreation" community
of Virginia.
Paddlesport
Dealers in Central Virginia:
Appomattox River Company - 614
North Main Street
Farmville (804) 392-6645
- 14211 Midlothian Turnpike
Midlothian (804) 897-1556
- 211-E Kiln Creek
Yorktown
(757)
890-0500
Ski
Chalet - 9507 West Broad Street
Richmond (804) 527-2900
River Gauges:
Appomattox River, VA - National Weather Service in Wakefield Virginia:
(757) 899-4200 menu selection #4
Casselman River
Cheat River
Cranberry River, WV
Gauley River, WV
Greenbriar River, WV
James River, VA
City of Richmond, River Information Line
(804) 646-8228 (Richmond Westham Gauge only)
National
Weather Service in Wakefield Virginia
(757) 899-4200 menu selection
#4
NOAA
- Richmond
Westham Gauge
USGS - Richmond
Westham Gauge
NOAA - Current stages
in the James River Basin
Requirements related to river levels:
Above 5' on the Richmond
Westham Gauge...wearing of PFDs
Above 9' on the Richmond
Westham Gauge...high water permit
12' and above on the Richmond
Westham Gauge...flood stage
If you are planning to run the James River within Richmond city limits above 9 feet on the Westham Gauge, (many guide books suggest 6.5' as a maximum) you are required to have a high water permit issued by the City of Richmond. To get a high water permit you must present a picture ID and pay a $10 permit/application fee. Applications must be made in person, they do not allow you to do it by mail or phone. You must also agree to the terms of the permit.
The high water permits are issued at two locations:
The City's "Fire Administration". This office can be contacted at (804) 646-6663. It is located at 501 N. 9th Street, room 131, Richmond, VA. Hours weekdays 9 - 4:30pm.
At Fire Station #1. It can be contacted at (804) 646-4229. It is located at 308 N. 24th Street, Richmond, VA. (intersection of Broad St and 24th St in Church Hill, Mayo Island is on 14th St.) Hours, because this is a fire station it is open most of the time, however please use courtesy when deciding the time you go by. Additionally you should remember they may be out on a call when you go by.
Facts about the James River; it's water shed, major tributaries, it's end.
Intellicast.com
weather for Richmond area
Weather.com
weather for Richmond area
Meadow, WV
Monongahela Basin
New River, WV
Russel Fork, VA/KY
Tygart Basin
Youghiogheny River, PA
Paddle Clubs:
Carolina Canoe Club - 700+ member
Paddling club in the Carolinas
Coastal Canoeists - Over 700 members from
Virginia and surrounding states.
Paddle Pages:
Northeast Paddler's Message
Board - (NPMB) is intended to help paddlers in the Northeast region communicate
information of interest to all paddlers.
News Groups:
Usenet - rec.boats.paddle
Professional
Organizations:
American Canoe Association (ACA)
American Whitewater Affiliation (AWA)
Professional Paddlesports Association (PPA)
Virginia Professional Paddlesports Association (VAPPA)
Whitewater Kayaking Tubing Snow Skiing/Snowboarding
Registration Snow sports resources Paddlesports resources
Adventure
Challenge
Richmond, VA
ph: (804) 276-7600
e-mail: info@adventurechallenge.com
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