Riverfest 2019 Events
We can't wait to see you at Riverfest 2019!
For up-to-date information about Riverfest, check the facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/LCCRiverfest
If you have any questions about the events, contact us on the facebook page (this is best), or by email
For up-to-date information about Riverfest, check the facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/LCCRiverfest
If you have any questions about the events, contact us on the facebook page (this is best), or by email
Mascoma River Slalom
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THE MASCOMA SLALOM IS NOW AVAILABLE
Registering online means less paperwork for you! On race day you should show up to the course at 8:30 am for a practice lap, racer meeting and to pay the entrance fee.
Registering online means less paperwork for you! On race day you should show up to the course at 8:30 am for a practice lap, racer meeting and to pay the entrance fee.
2014 Champion Kyle Landis-Marinello being super smooth on the Mascoma (photo: Brian Seitz)
The Mascoma Slalom has ran every year since 1963 and is the oldest consecutively run slalom race in the country. Dartmouth College's Ledyard Canoe Club hangs temporary gates on the Mascoma and lays out the course. Then, we take it all down after the race. The event draws a wide variety of competitors, from nationally ranked slalom boaters to creek boaters who have fun just trying to make a couple of the gates! The Mascoma is class II-III, depending on levels.
Logistics: The racer meeting will be at 9am on Saturday, April 20th. It costs $20 to compete in the race with a discount available for students. Payment can be either cash, check, or DA$H for students.
The race will start at the Packard Hill Covered Bridge, in Lebanon, NH, here:
Logistics: The racer meeting will be at 9am on Saturday, April 20th. It costs $20 to compete in the race with a discount available for students. Payment can be either cash, check, or DA$H for students.
The race will start at the Packard Hill Covered Bridge, in Lebanon, NH, here:
The Wells River Rumble
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THE WELLS RIVER RUMBLE IS NOW AVAILABLE:
Registering Online means less paperwork for you! On race day you should still show up to the course at 8:30 am (at the latest) for a practice lap, racer meeting and to pay the entrance fee!
Reigning champion Rogan Brown leads the pack.
The mighty Wells River is a tributary of the Connecticut River in northern Vermont. It is a small class IV creek, featuring six named drops, and dropping 86 feet over 1 mile. Check out the AW description here (it makes it sound more intense than it is though...). The Wells River Rumble is a mass-start, downriver race that has been taking place on the Wells for many years now. When Riverfest began in the spring of 2009, the Rumble was integrated as one of the main events. This race is now contested in two stages: first, a mass-start race down the entire length of the river, which is used to determine the seeding for the heats. The second stage is a boatercross stage race that makes for even more exciting head-to-head action.
Logistics: The racer meeting will be at 9:15 am on Sunday, April 21st, with an organized practice lap at 8:30. If you're doing your own unofficial practice laps, you must be done and at the racer meeting by 9:15. It costs $25 to compete in the race, with a discount for students. Payment can be either cash, check, or DA$H for students
Important Note: We're only going to run the Wells if the level is below 1,000 cfs. Between 800-1,000, it will depend on how many volunteers we get for safety. Below 800, we're good to go. If the Wells is too high, we have some backup options for another race.
Logistics: The racer meeting will be at 9:15 am on Sunday, April 21st, with an organized practice lap at 8:30. If you're doing your own unofficial practice laps, you must be done and at the racer meeting by 9:15. It costs $25 to compete in the race, with a discount for students. Payment can be either cash, check, or DA$H for students
Important Note: We're only going to run the Wells if the level is below 1,000 cfs. Between 800-1,000, it will depend on how many volunteers we get for safety. Below 800, we're good to go. If the Wells is too high, we have some backup options for another race.
Riverfest Party
What would a kayaking festival be without a party? At 9pm on Saturday, April 20th, we will celebrate the weekend's festivities in style. Sponsors will be there with their goods, and we'll be raffling off some of their products. With free beer, live music, and prizes to be won, this year's festival party promises to be as fun as ever!
Conservation on Tap
We will be screening a conservation-themed film at 5:30 pm on Thursday, April 18th, with free beer for guests over 21. We aim to increase awareness of salient issues pertaining to the environment and, specifically, rivers. In past years we've shown films such as Damnation, which considered the ecological effects of creating and destroying dams on major rivers, and Trashed, which looked at the hazardous effects of waste floating in the Pacific Ocean.