New Nolichucky
Trip Report Nolichucky River November 17, 2025 I have been paddling the Noli for over 25 years and just love it for its beauty, remoteness and challenging rapids. On a sunny Sunday in November, I had the opportunity to paddle …
River: Nolichucky
Noli 2.0 low water
Sonya Korabelnikova and I hit the Noli. Takeout parking is at AT trailhead Chestoa on river right where the bridge is no more (not on hostel side), can’t really go any further up toward the campground, and that’s not going …
Nolichucky – May 20
We had a (motley) crew of 7. Air temperature hovered around 70 and the flow was ~ 1000 cfs on the Embreeville gauge. (neither scrapey nor high) Everyone had been down the Noli before. We used the USA Raft van …
Nolichucky/French broad into the Gorge weekend.
Day 1 Nolichucky Gorge 15 paddlers 5 PFD’s Level: 980cfs Temp: 63 Day 2 French Broad Section 9 7 paddlers 2 PFD’s Level 2200-2120 Temp: 51-57 It’s officially fall now and dry suit season is here. A truly …
A New WOR Tradition? I sure hope so.
I’ve always wanted to paddle the Nolichucky, but the opportunity never materialized. It’s been an option at WOR, but last week I was finally able to join a group making its way to USA Raft for the shuttle. USA Raft’s …
Noli & Nanty: Getting back to “normal”
When a last-minute work event cancellation freed up my weekend, I quickly scrambled to make some plans to get out to the mountains to paddle. With no rain in the forecast and the Nolichucky slowly dropping, I figured it would …
Chill Day on the Noli
John's flight in Charlotte was delayed, and he didn't get in until late Saturday. Late enough I managed to convince him to not leave at the crack of dawn. We left at 8:30 am for a couple of days on the Noli. We arrived at the Noli Campground to find a Labor Day Celebration with live music in full swing. We asked about a shuttle driver from someone at the entrance, and one was sitting right there – how convenient! We quickly set up camp and were on our way, putting on around 3 pm with plenty of time.
Nolichucky bubble: high water FB run
River: Nolichucky Sat 8/11. FB9 Sunday 8/12
Particpiants Sat : Marta Mount, Scott Daniels, Gary Bills ( allK1), Bob Wiggins and Len Prosniz in the shredder. Sun: Scott, Bob and Len
Something Not-So-Creeky
Scheduling a creeking trip even a few weeks in advance is always going to be a roll of the dice, but I hoped that fortune would favor the bold as I announced my intentions to paddle some natural flow creeks on one of my rare spring weekends off. Despite the best efforts of rain dances, it became clear to me about ten days out that the forecast wasn't going to work in my favor. The big rains fell in the mountains on the Sunday before the trip, and by the following weekend the creeks had dropped out.
Nolichucky Gorge
Most of my trips go so smoothly that they are boring to read about. If you're on the trip, this is usually a good thing. We had a sunny day with blue skies and 1240 cfs on the Embreeville gauge. The group started out with 6 (Liz, Wes, Mort, Gary, Peter and myself) but grew to 9 by the time we were paddling with the additions of Robert, Gretchen, and Suzanne.