(20s/30s) Whitewater Rafting on the Deerfield River

Activity Type: Social | Local Socials
Difficulty: 2 - Relaxed
Trip Leader(s): Hew Hart, Olivia Laramie
Registration Type: Registration
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Audience: 20’s & 30’s

Description: Join other folks in their 20s and 30s for a day of White Water Rafting with Zoar Outdoor! We will be rafting down a Class 2 section of the Deerfield River (with one Class 3 rapid). Lunch provided. $120 a person - payment required by 7/20.
All participants will be required to wear a Zoar Outdoor issued PFD (Personal Flotation Device) and helmet. You will also be provided with a paddle. The Zoar Gap Rafting trip is roughly a 5 mile section of class II whitewater with one class III rapid on the Deerfield River in Northwestern Massachusetts. A Zoar Guide will be on each boat and will be in charge.
Expect everything you bring with you on the raft to get wet! In warm summer weather, participants may be comfortable in bathing suits/swim trunks or light layers. In cooler weather, wool and synthetic materials such as polypropylene, nylon, and fleece, are appropriate for cooler air and water temperatures. We ask you to not wear cotton, as it will keep you cold and wet throughout the trip. Wetsuits, splash jackets, and neoprene river booties are available for rental if you need them. You are required to wear sneakers or other shoes that can be secured to your feet. No flip-flops or Crocs! Bring any required medications as well as extra money for souvenirs, gratuities, etc. Before the trip, please leave any and all valuables including money as well as your dry clothes and towels for after the trip in your locked vehicle. Keep your car keys with you during registration, as Zoar will collect those and put them in a lock box before gearing up, then return them to you when you get off the boats. For all of our whitewater trips, guests must be able/willing to do the following: - Must wear our helmet and our personal flotation device (PFD)*. - Respond to and follow verbal or visual instruction. - Independently roll face up in water while wearing a PFD - Demonstrate dynamic sitting position with head above water (sitting upright), and float with feet up in water. - Be able to navigate with minimal assistance on rocky, uneven ground and descend staircases with no railings.
You will be required to sign a waiver that will be sent to you before the trip.
**** Leader Bios: Olivia Laramie (she/her): Olivia lives in Easthampton and is a social leader for the Western MA Chapter. Olivia enjoys backpacking, hiking, rock climbing, and volunteering in her community, specifically for causes that support women and girls.
Hew Hart (he/they): Hew lives in South Deerfield, and is a hiking, backpacking, paddling, and social leader for the Western MA Chapter. He thru-hiked the AT in 2022, has completed the NH48, and enjoys building community centered around the outdoors.
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