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Paddle Surging Rapids

Class IV and V rapids on the East coast

Nantahala Outdoor Center

By Lisa Hoehn
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Apr 18, 2012 @ 12:38 PM

Hot dam! Most weekends in April and May—and more sporadically through the summer—the tame waters of the Cheoah River, just outside of Robbinsville, NC, surge into nine exhilarating miles of class IV and V rapids via releases from the Santeetlah Dam.

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