Trip Coordinator: Teresa Gryder

Spend the day on the river with fellow LCCC members. Club trips are typically coordinated by one or two experienced boaters, and are always a great way to meet new people and/or explore new rivers. Many Club trips are scheduled in advance, like this one, and still others come together on the fly. Details for all trips, scheduled or otherwise, are shared via the Club’s private Google Group.

Meet and Greet at GOL Soccer Bar

LCCC member Peter Mahr owns GOL Soccer Bar at 1739 SE Hawthorne Ave, Portland. He has graciously invited everyone to meet and mingle on Wednesday, September 11th from 7-9pm.

There is inside and outside seating.

The club will pay for some appetizers. Please bring $$ to pay for any drinks.

Trip Coordinator: Travis & Sami

Spend the day on the river with fellow LCCC members. Club trips are typically coordinated by one or two experienced boaters, and are always a great way to meet new people and/or explore new rivers. Many Club trips are scheduled in advance, like this one, and still others come together on the fly. Details for all trips, scheduled or otherwise, are shared via the Club’s private Google Group.

Bring a first timer and show them the ropes, and we’ll do it together. Every first timer must have an experienced buddy for the entire adventure!!

Trip Coordinator: Allie Dash

Spend the day on the river with fellow LCCC members. Club trips are typically coordinated by one or two experienced boaters, and are always a great way to meet new people and/or explore new rivers. Many Club trips are scheduled in advance, like this one, and still others come together on the fly. Details for all trips, scheduled or otherwise, are shared via the Club’s private Google Group.

Trip Coordinator: Chris Meinke

Spend the day on the river with fellow LCCC members. Club trips are typically coordinated by one or two experienced boaters, and are always a great way to meet new people and/or explore new rivers. Many Club trips are scheduled in advance, like this one, and still others come together on the fly. Details for all trips, scheduled or otherwise, are shared via the Club’s private Google Group.

Trip Coordinator: Teresa Gryder

Spend the day on the river with fellow LCCC members. Club trips are typically coordinated by one or two experienced boaters, and are always a great way to meet new people and/or explore new rivers. Many Club trips are scheduled in advance, like this one, and still others come together on the fly. Details for all trips, scheduled or otherwise, are shared via the Club’s private Google Group.

Join us for the LCCC’s Summer Paddle + Picnic & GEAR SWAP.

Paddle: We will have 3 different river trips on the Clackamas River. Something for everybody: Upper Clack, Bob 's to Memaloose, and below McIver to Barlow.

Picnic: The picnic will start at 4pm at Barton Park (picnic area 7) on the Clackamas River. The club will provide beef and vege burgers, buns and fixings. Please bring something to share. FYI: A fee is required at Barton Park.

Questions about the Picnic? Contact Mark Connell at markeconnell@gmail.com

Gear Swap: bring any paddling and camping gear you wish to give away, trade, or sell . More information about the Gear Swap

Questions about the Gear Swap? Contact Murray at murraymjohnson@yahoo.com

Essential Skills for Solo Whitewater Canoeing Part 2 (June 23rd)

ACA certified instructors Alyse and Jeff Oxenford will return this June to teach solo canoeing to our beginning and intermediate canoeists. Their teaching is informed by their interest in slalom. This involves mastering fundamentals and translates into smooth and effective river running. Kayakers, if you've ever had a hankering to try canoeing, this is the class for you!

Dates: Part 1 -June 22 & Part 2- June 23

Please note: Beginning solo paddlers have the option to attend only the first day of the class on June 22. All Day 2 students must attend Day 1. Experience on Class 2 whitewater is recommended in order to participate on day 2. Eligibility for Day 2 will be determined on a case-by-case basis

Please contact Will Gehr if you have any questions: willgehr@gmail.com

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Essential Skills for Solo Whitewater Canoeing Part 1 (June 22nd)

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ACA certified instructors Alyse and Jeff Oxenford will return this June to teach solo canoeing to our beginning and intermediate canoeists. Their teaching is informed by their interest in slalom. This involves mastering fundamentals and translates into smooth and effective river running. Kayakers, if you've ever had a hankering to try canoeing, this is the class for you!

Dates: Part 1 -June 22 & Part 2- June 23

Please note: Beginning solo paddlers have the option to attend only the first day of the class on June 22. All Day 2 students must attend Day 1. Experience on Class 2 whitewater is recommended in order to participate on day 2. Eligibility for Day 2 will be determined on a case-by-case basis

Please contact Will Gehr if you have any questions: willgehr@gmail.com

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Trip Coordinator: Russ Pascoe

Spend the day on the river with fellow LCCC members. Club trips are typically coordinated by one or two experienced boaters, and are always a great way to meet new people and/or explore new rivers. Many Club trips are scheduled in advance, like this one, and still others come together on the fly. Details for all trips, scheduled or otherwise, are shared via the Club’s private Google Group.

Meet and Greet at GOL Soccer Bar

LCCC member Peter Mahr owns GOL Soccer Bar at 1739 SE Hawthorne Ave, Portland. He has graciously invited everyone to meet and mingle on Thursday, May 30th from 7-9pm.

There is inside and outside seating.

The club will pay for some appetizers. Please bring $$ to pay for any drinks.

From the Lower White Salmon to the Middle White Salmon. Spend the morning on the Lower White Salmon working on skills, then after lunch, you’ll have the option to take those skills and apply them on the Middle White Salmon.

The afternoon portion of the class is “challenge by choice.” It is entirely reasonable to only participate in the first half of the course, and/or to make your decision about running the MWS that day.

This course is a great fit for people who currently feel they have the skills to tackle Class III whitewater, but often don’t because they don’t know how to approach more complex rapids and /or don’t have the support network to feel comfortable pushing harder.

Fine tune foundational skills on the Lower White Salmon with Sage Donnelly. In general, what you can expect includes: a chance to identify and begin to fix bad habits; a focus on skills such as reading water, picking lines, posture, stroke timing, and boat angle; and encouragement to try lines you don’t normally take and catch eddies you usually pass right by.

To get the most out of this class, you should be generally proficient at paddling the Lower White Salmon, or equivalent runs such as Dodge to Oxbow on the Sandy, Packsaddle to Mill City on the Santiam, or the run on the Washougal below Big Eddy to MP3.

Members John Maroney, Alyse Oxenford and Teresa Gryder offer this day for members to practice some important first aid and safety skills. There’s no charge, and no certification, just good old-fashioned community education.

Fine tune foundational skills on the Lower White Salmon with Sage Donnelly. In general, what you can expect includes: a chance to identify and begin to fix bad habits; a focus on skills such as reading water, picking lines, posture, stroke timing, and boat angle; and encouragement to try lines you don’t normally take and catch eddies you usually pass right by.

To get the most out of this class, you should be generally proficient at paddling the Lower White Salmon, or equivalent runs such as Dodge to Oxbow on the Sandy, Packsaddle to Mill City on the Santiam, or the run on the Washougal below Big Eddy to MP3.

From the Lower White Salmon to the Middle White Salmon. Spend the morning on the Lower White Salmon working on skills, then after lunch, you’ll have the option to take those skills and apply them on the Middle White Salmon.

The afternoon portion of the class is “challenge by choice.” It is entirely reasonable to only participate in the first half of the course, and/or to make your decision about running the MWS that day.

This course is a great fit for people who currently feel they have the skills to tackle Class III whitewater, but often don’t because they don’t know how to approach more complex rapids and /or don’t have the support network to feel comfortable pushing harder.

Marking the date of the annual top tier class V race of our region.

Sunday, March 24

Join our club’s Board of Directors on the river! Whether you met us at Deborah’s LCCC annual party or not, this is another chance to get to know each other. We have a river in mind that can appeal to both class II-II+ and Class III-III+ paddlers. We’ll group up, make our river runs and then meet back for some provided finger foods and hot chocolate around several fire pits. There we will tell tall stories of past runs and make even taller plans for this new year!

Fine tune foundational skills on the Middle White Salmon with Sage Donnelly. In general, what you can expect includes: boofing practice at Maytag with an opportunity to lap it and really dial moves in; a chance to identify and begin to fix bad habits; a focus on skills such as posture, stroke timing, and boat angle; and encouragement to try lines you don’t usually take and catch eddies you usually pass right by.

Marking the date of an annual community race.

Fine tune foundational skills on the Middle White Salmon with Sage Donnelly. In general, what you can expect includes: boofing practice at Maytag with an opportunity to lap it and really dial moves in; a chance to identify and begin to fix bad habits; a focus on skills such as posture, stroke timing, and boat angle; and encouragement to try lines you don’t usually take and catch eddies you usually pass right by.

Safety Chair Chris Meinke and former Safety Chair Teresa Gryder team up to boat with current and future whitewater trip coordinators to discuss the ins and outs of running a smooth, safe trip. River destination TBA but we will keep it class 3 or easier.

River Gauges: How they Work and How to Use Them

Adam Stonewall, a hydrologist with the USGS Oregon Water Science Center explained the science and technology underlying the measurement of river flows and how it is presented to the public.

Check out the recording on the LCCC’s YouTube Channel.