Intro to Whitewater: Class I-II River Trip

Leaders
Cat Arase (Whitewater Leader), Lorenzo Shaikewitz (Whitewater chair)
Program
Boating
Type
Kayaking
Trip date
Sunday, August 17th, 2025
Difficulty rating
Moderate

Note: you must have been to a pond or poll session and feel comfortable in a whitewater kayak to attend

Please sign up for the waitlist if you are interested! Roster is subject to change.

For our first river trip of 2025, we will head down to the Deerfield river and learn the basics of whitewater kayaking! We'll teach you how to read the river, get into eddies, surf some river waves, and more.

Plan

  • 8-9 AM: meet your driver
  • 10-11 AM (subject to river schedule): arrive at river and run shuttle
  • 11-3 PM: run the river!
  • 4 PM: return to Boston
  • 6 PM: arrive in Boston

What to bring

  • Clothes you are comfortable getting wet: no cotton, suggest long sleeves / wetsuit top if you have it.
  • Change of clothes
  • Whitewater gear: kayak, paddle, spray skirt, PFD, helmet, (and float bags)
  • Sunscreen
  • Snacks / lunch you can bring on the river (ziplock bag)

Gear rental will be available from MITOC for $12/day. You must be boathouse trained and have checks dropped off at the office to rent.

Signup

Algorithm
first-come, first-serve
Maximum participants
12
Signups opened at
Aug. 7, 2025, 8:58 a.m.
Signups closed at
Aug. 12, 2025, 9 p.m.
Notes
  1. Can you do a wet exit?
  2. Will you be renting gear from MITOC?
  3. Do you have a vehicle (or friend) which can transport gear (car with roof racks)?
Signups for this trip are closed.