OA Paddling Home Page
OA Guide to Canoeing & Kayaking
OA Guide to Planning a Safe River Trip - an article about how to run a safe river trip that applies the Dynamics of Accidents Model to paddling situations.
OA Paddling Decision Tree - a checklist to help you decide "do I run this drop/paddle this or not?"
OA Guide to Hypothermia & Cold Weather Injuries
Kayaking Eskimo Rolling
Check out these great videos
- Kayak Roll Overview
- C to C Kayak Roll Identifier
- Common Threads of Kayak Rolls
- Twist and Slice Kayak Roll Identifier
- Hi Resolution Underwater "Slo-Mo" Kayak Roll
Local Paddling Areas and Gauge Information
Never run any whitewater river without accurate guidebook information, knowledge of how water levels effect the river, proper experience, proper equipment, rescue equipment and training, scouting, and good folks to paddle with. High water levels can significantly change the character of any river, even ones you have run dozens of times before.
- River Gauge Information - from American Whitewater Affiliation
- River Level Contacts - from the Appalachian Mountain Club
- USGS National Real-time Water Data
- USGS Streamflow Conditions in New Jersey - various NJ creeks
- USGS Streamflow Conditions in Pennsylvania - includes Delaware River Basin, Susquehanna River Basin, and Ohio River Basin
- Art Balajthy's Whitewater Page - Mid-Atlantic & New England Rivers
- Brodhead Creek - USGS Gauge neear Anamolink, PA
- Delaware River - Art Balajthy's Guide
- Upper Delaware Scenic Recreation Area
- Delaware River Levels from Trenton, NJ - gives an approximation for levels at Scudders Falls (Class II-III) and Lambertville (Class II-III) - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Delaware River Levels from Trenton, NJ - USGS Current Flow Chart
- Rick's Guide to Scudders Falls - Delaware River, NJ
- Esopus Creek, NY (Class II-III) - USGS Current Flow Allaben, NY
- Esopus Creek, NY (Class II-III) - USGS Current Flow Coldbrook, NY
- Esopus Creek, NY - Art Balajthy's Guide
- Lehigh River - USGS Gauge near White Haven, PA
- Lehigh River Release Schedule - Army Corps of Engineers
- Lehigh River Flow Data - Army Corps of Engineers
- Lehigh Flow Data Chart - Army Corps of Engineers
- Lehigh River Basin Report - Army Corps of Engineers
- Lehigh River - Class II-III, river map - White Haven, PA
- Lehigh River - Art Balajthy's river information, map and photos
- Tohickon Creek - Class II-III+, Point Pleasant, PA - Art Balajthy's river information, map and photos
- Tohickon Level at Pipersville see Tohickon Creek for information on gauge level.
- Tohickon Creek Level Information
- River Conditions in Pennsylvania
- DeerField River, MA description - Fife Brook (II-III) and Monroe Bridge (III-IV)
- Deerfield River, MA release schedule
- Youghiogheny River, PA - USGS Current Flow at Confluence
- Lower Youghiogheny and Cheat River Basins Flow Data - Army Corps of Engineers
- Tygart and Monongahela River Basin Flow Data - Army Corps of Engineers
