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No trips scheduled for winter. Check our TRIPS page for spring trips already posted. If you are a leader and wish to list a trip, contact me. Eric Pavlak, 610-650-8926, eric@outings.org.

Advanced notice: major trips for 2010. Go to TRIPS page for details.

May 1-7 (Sat - Fri) , Week of Rivers, class 3- 4 whitewater.

May 15, (Sat) Beginner Canoe Training: Introduction.

May 22, May 28, (Sat - Fri) Week of Rivers, class 3-4 whitewater.

June 5, (Sat) Beginner Canoe Training: Moving Water.

June 12-13 (Sat - Sun) Mullica River Canoe Camping, easy, rentals.

July 25-30 Canoe Tripping on de Lievre River - Quebec, class 3+.

Labor Day Weekend, Sept. 3-6, Lower Youghiogheny, class 3+

Sept, 12-18 Ashuapmushuan River, Quebec, high volume wilderness ww.

TRIP RELEASE FORM. Download and read the waiver you must sign to participate on trips! Click here.

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For Class 2 and higher trips, paddlers must provide their own equipment: Canoe or kayak suitable for whitewater with flotation and grab loops or handles, a helmet, lifejacket, sprayskirt for closed boats, paddle and clothing suitable for water & air temperatures. Paddlers must have the necessary skills, be able to wet exit their boat, swim and self-rescue in a rapid: swim boat and self to shore, get back in boat, or eskimo roll.

New England dam release schedules for 2010. Click here. Often local AMC chapters run trips based on these releases.

Knots for paddlers: go to our Links Page.

Download January-April Footnotes Newsletter!

Wing Dam, Kelly's Lock and other practice areas. Info and directions.

Guide book information & reviews, click here.

Annual report for 2009 of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club.

The Mohican Getaway Program has a full schedule of reasonably priced two- and three-day activity-oriented outings planned at the Mohican Outdoor Center. Click here for more information.
Advertise your used equipment for sale! This service is free for AMC members.
Kayak Flotation: NRS Rodeo Split Stern Urethane Fabric 28" L x 13" W (top) New, $35 Pair.
Kayak Sprayskirt: Perception LC-1, Large waist, New, $40.
John Milne: brnhrodcm@verizon.net
For Sale: Four maps for the Dumoine River, all are 1:50,000 scale, 1977 edition (purchased after the trip was completed, so in very good condition)
  1. Rowanton (Quebec)
  2. Lac Dumoine (Quebec)
  3. Rolphton (Ontario / Quebec)
  4. Lac Russell (Quebec)
    Asking $10 for the set + shipping cost. zembryki@ptd.net
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