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Your Day on the Deerfield River
Fife Brook Section
Meeting Place:
Crab Apple on the Deerfield - Charlemont, Massachusetts
Time:
This trip meets at different times
- check your confirmation for your trip time. Please consult
a map along with our directions. It is your responsibility to arrive
on time. The trip cannot wait for latecomers.
Trip Itinerary:*
- Check-in at appropriate trip time
- Lifejacket and helmet fitting
- Safety lecture and paddling instruction
- Bus ride to Fife Brook dam
- Raft 5 miles in Class II whitewater
- Zoar Gap Rapid Class III
- Hearty riverside picnic lunch
- Continue 4 miles in Class II whitewater
- Take out and ride back to Crab Apple
- Slide presentation of trip
*Trip itinerary could be altered to accommodate dam release
time.
What to Bring:
For every trip you need:
- Bathing suit or shorts
- Footwear - sandals w/straps, watershoes (flip-flops not recommended)
- Sunscreen
- Towel
- Change of clothes and shoes for after trip
Items for spring/fall & cool/rainy
days:
- ***Avoid cotton clothing - it cools the body when wet!
- For feet: wool or fleece socks. Very important in spring!
- For torso and legs: wool, fleece, capilene, polypropylene
- Outer layer: wind jacket and pants are great for shedding water
and can be worn over a wetsuit or fleece
Wetsuits
Clean, comfortable wetsuits and wetsuit
boots will always be available for rent. Fleece and synthetics
are extra warm under wetsuits and wetsuit boots. Wind jackets
and pants can be worn over wetsuits to shed water and add warmth.
$$$:
Crab Apple on the Deerfield houses a fun store where you may purchase photos
of your trip, a fine selection of apparel and souvenirs. A snack bar is
also available with ice cream, snacks, soda, beer and wine.
Medications:
Always bring medications which you may need on the river i.e. asthma inhaler, bee sting kit, etc.
Accommodations:
Go to our listing of Local
Accommodations for campgrounds, B&B's, motels, hotels and Inns.
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