Blog | Salamander Paddle Gear https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/blog/ Salamander Paddle Gear Mon, 11 May 2026 15:18:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cropped-logo-salamander-paddle-gear-patch-32x32.png Blog | Salamander Paddle Gear https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/blog/ 32 32 shopengine_activated_templates a:0:{} Ottawa River Trip Report https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/blog/ottawa-river-trip-report/ https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/blog/ottawa-river-trip-report/#respond Mon, 08 Aug 2022 03:57:34 +0000 https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/?p=18696 By: Charles Wygal

Time of Year : Late July
Level : -1.5 Feet

For first-timers from the states headed to the Ottawa, logistics are way easier than they appear. As long
as you cross without any food, alcohol, or cannabis, …

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]]> https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/blog/ottawa-river-trip-report/feed/ 0 Running Gorilla was great, but the feeling of knowing I had achieved my goal at the bottom was even better. https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/blog/running-gorilla-was-great-but-the-feeling-of-knowing-i-had-achieved-my-goal-at-the-bottom-was/ https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/blog/running-gorilla-was-great-but-the-feeling-of-knowing-i-had-achieved-my-goal-at-the-bottom-was/#respond Thu, 21 Jul 2022 08:58:30 +0000 https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/?p=18695 My family first moved to Asheville, North Carolina, in the summer of 2008. My whole life
before that we had lived in flat areas with no whitewater, first in Tallahassee, Florida, then Carry,
North Carolina. My father had been a …

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]]> https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/blog/running-gorilla-was-great-but-the-feeling-of-knowing-i-had-achieved-my-goal-at-the-bottom-was/feed/ 0 Upper Animas 2-day Trip Silveron to Rockwood Train Station https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/blog/upper-animas-2-day-trip-silveron-to-rockwood-train-station/ https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/blog/upper-animas-2-day-trip-silveron-to-rockwood-train-station/#respond Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:44:59 +0000 https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/?p=18694 Ah…spring time in Durango CO. The weather gets better, the snow starts to melt, and the rivers and creeks begin to flow. For those of us who live in the area, we gauge watch flows religiously waiting for certain runs …

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]]> https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/blog/upper-animas-2-day-trip-silveron-to-rockwood-train-station/feed/ 0 South Fork Salmon / Lochsa Combo “Some of the best paddling anywhere” By David Farkas https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/blog/south-fork-salmon-lochsa-combo-some-of-the-best-paddling-anywhere-by-david-farkas/ https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/blog/south-fork-salmon-lochsa-combo-some-of-the-best-paddling-anywhere-by-david-farkas/#respond Tue, 12 Apr 2022 02:11:27 +0000 https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/?p=18693 4 years ago I happened upon the South Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho and it changed my early summer lineup of paddling destinations. I was in California with a crew and we had just got off Royal Gorge …

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]]> https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/blog/south-fork-salmon-lochsa-combo-some-of-the-best-paddling-anywhere-by-david-farkas/feed/ 0 A Trip into Cataract Canyon https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/blog/a-trip-into-cataract-canyon/ https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/blog/a-trip-into-cataract-canyon/#respond Mon, 01 Nov 2021 01:49:25 +0000 https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/?p=18692 I had the great fortune recently to take a trip down the Colorado River into Cataract Canyon with my friends and colleagues. Many of them were visiting from out of state and needed to borrow gear for the trip. Fortunately, …

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]]> https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/blog/a-trip-into-cataract-canyon/feed/ 0 Black Canyon Boogie https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/blog/black-canyon-boogie/ https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/blog/black-canyon-boogie/#respond Mon, 25 Oct 2021 04:21:17 +0000 https://salamanderpaddlegear.com/?p=18691  I’m not sure it’s ever going to feel ‘comfortable’ when you find yourself completely out of place, more than a little over your head, and yet somehow exactly where you want to be.

That thought passed between my ears while …

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I have been looking at the description for Tshletshy Creek in the ‘Paddlers Guide to the Olympic Peninsula’ for 10 years now, wondering and dreaming if it really was what I had …

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