What happened on day 4 of Guide School? Our raft guide trainees found themselves on the Ocoee River, taking turns guiding the “Upper Ocoee”, in which the 1996 whitewater Olympics were held. John Mooneyham is a … Read More
Mini Series: Guide School 2013 — Day 3
Yesterday was Day 3 for all the new raft guides, who found themselves on the Nantahala River near Bryson City, NC. After being warned about how cold the water would be, they seemed pretty nervous. … Read More
Mini Series: Guide School 2013 — Day 2
Guide School Day 2, and the hopefuls spent a lot of time practicing safe whitewater swim techniques during their multiple trips over Bull Sluice Rapid on Section III of the Chattooga River. Veteran raft guides … Read More
Mini Series: Guide School 2013 — Day 1
Guide School 2013 has officially begun! Not sure what that is? Anyone who wants to be a raft guide for Wildwater gets to go through Guide School first. It’s a 5-day crash course on raft … Read More
Big Water = Big Fun!
Lots of rain means lots of water in our rivers! Check out these photos from the past week. The water’s still flowing in all our rivers. Come raft on high water before it’s too late! … Read More
Wildwater Welcomes the Wilds!
Wildwater Nantahala welcomes the Wilds group again this year. Expect to see this large and friendly group around for the next four Wednesdays! Here are some photos from their trip last week: To learn … Read More
Spring has arrived!
Spring has finally arrived in the Southeast! Here’s a short list of some local wildflowers to look out for. In Long Creek, SC (home of Wildwater Chattooga) The “thrift” flower, AKA creeping phlox (see photo … Read More