Section 1 - Cherry Tree
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Riverside Adventure Company will build on the outline and support
Rough Itinerary
This trip will leave on Friday morning 6:00 a.m. and not return until Sunday late day. Here is a very basic - BROAD STROKES - Itinerary:
Friday Morning 6:00 a.m. - Leave Riverside Adventure Company’s shop located at 476 D & H Ave, Riverside, PA 17868 - promptly.
Friday Morning 8:00 a.m. - Arrive at our “Home base location of Curwensville Dam. Set up basic camp. Get to first leg of the paddle.
Friday Morning 9:00 a.m. - put in at Cherry tree. Paddle about 8 hours and 25 miles to the Mahaffey bridge location.
Friday Afternoon 5:00 p - Take out at Mahaffey bridge location. Meet you there and eat some dinner at the Starlight Lounge. Wrap that up, and head back to camp.
Saturday morning 7:00 a. - - quick hot beverages supplied by RAC and breakfast (supplied by you) and then on the river all day. Put in where we took out in Mahaffey, PA. Lunch on the river (responsibility of each participant to pack what they like and enough calories and drinks to do the job). This is a BIG DAY of paddling, so come prepared.
Saturday Evening 5:00 p? - Paddle to our Destination campsite at Curwensville Dam for camping and dinner in town or in camp.
Sunday morning 7:00 a. to late lunch - breakfast and on the river past the dam portage for about 11 miles (4 hrs). We will put you on the river below the McEwansville Dam, and pick you up at the Clearfield launch. Then lunch, and head for home.
BLOG SERIES POSTS - more info
To see very detailed breakdowns of what past trips on these sections of water trail have taught us, use the links below:
Cherry tree. PA to Curwensville Lake
Curwensville Lake to Clearfield, PA
These posts are VERY detailed and spell out exactly what we experienced, what you might experience, and some points of interest along the way.
Dangers/warning/portages
This is a fun section of river. It’s very much class 1 (easiest) water. It starts with very small water (my wife called it a “drainage ditch”) and includes a fun rapids just below Mahaffey, PA and some bigger water as you enter the dam/lake area. The only portage to speak of, is the one around the Curwensville Dam…and we have that nicely handled for you.
Your responsibilities
As previously discussed more HERE, RAC provides the transportation, any needed portages, support, expertise and everything you need to have an enjoyable long weekend on the river.
Things to pack
Always a debate for outdoors people. We won’t enter the fray, but will offer these links to gear lists others recommend for trips of this size.
the only river trip packing list you’ll ever need
Select call the gear you need for your group. Click each thing, and then “add to cart”. You can do this multiple times until you get everything you need for yourself of your group.
