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Offline Cindy D

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Re: Beaver-Taylorville map?
« Reply #15 on: September 24, 2013, 12:38:56 PM »
Not with me, sorry.  I will likely be going but chances are that I will camp there on Friday and that I will stay until Sunday to do some climbing in the dacks or maybe run the Black river if the level holds. In any case, my trip may include a detour by Kingston, so I am not a good candidate for carpooling.

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Re: Beaver-Taylorville map?
« Reply #14 on: September 24, 2013, 09:29:00 AM »
Could I get a ride with somebody??? I'll pay for gas of course.
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Re: Beaver-Taylorville map?
« Reply #13 on: September 24, 2013, 09:16:43 AM »
I think saturday is the only release.

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Re: Beaver-Taylorville map?
« Reply #12 on: September 24, 2013, 09:13:44 AM »
You guys are going Saturday or Sunday?

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Re: Beaver-Taylorville map?
« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2013, 08:55:57 PM »
Looks a good group will be going for the last release.

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Re: Beaver-Taylorville map?
« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2013, 11:23:33 AM »
I will probably be going.

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Re: Beaver-Taylorville map?
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2013, 11:21:54 AM »
Is anyone going next weekend?

I wouldn't mind going, if I can find a ride....

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Re: Beaver-Taylorville map?
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2013, 11:05:46 AM »
Is anyone going next weekend?

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Re: Beaver-Taylorville map?
« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2013, 10:10:25 PM »
Sept 28 will be the last release date for this season

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Re: Beaver-Taylorville map?
« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2013, 07:26:41 PM »
Pretty sure the last release is next weekend.  Christian can confirm this

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Re: Beaver-Taylorville map?
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2013, 06:15:18 PM »
Thanks for the info. I just wanted to have an idea of what to expect. Anyway, it seems the last dam release is this weekend and I can't go. Maybe next year!

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Re: Beaver-Taylorville map?
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2013, 04:23:28 PM »
No need for a map, rapids are still well separated even if the run is short, and everything is easily scouted.

Note that the access trail brings you just downstream of the put-in, so take advantage of this to scout the first two rapids, an nice walk on flat rocks. The put-in is actually ABOVE the new pedestrian bridge that was built this year. Make sure however that you put in one eddy below the 'eddy' that has a big tree trunk above it. Many people put-in above that, but the drops are a bit tricky.

Anyway, Google Earth has new high-resolution photos of it, see below.

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Re: Beaver-Taylorville map?
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2013, 05:34:33 PM »
Can someone direct me to a website somewhere where I could find a detailed whitewater map of this section please?

Ha ha ha!....

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Re: Beaver-Taylorville map?
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2013, 05:31:12 PM »
Do you mean detailed like this?

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That image and a couple more like it can be found here:
http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/detail/id/2612/#tab-photos

Clicking on the map tab on the above page will give you accurate put-in and take-out locations.

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Beaver-Taylorville map?
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2013, 05:07:58 PM »
Can someone direct me to a website somewhere where I could find a detailed whitewater map of this section please?