2022 Event and Clinic Preview
Updated: 2/4/22
We have been hard at work planning a jam-packed 2022 Schedule for Foothills Paddling Club and we are hoping for an amazing year! Here is a preview of the 2022 Foothills Paddling Club Events and Clinics. Please keep in mind that all events are tentative to leadership and instructor availability, weather, and water. Also, we are always working to add more events, clinics, and guided trips. Event details will post to our website and the membership portal at least 4-6 weeks in advance.
January
1/1 New Year's Day “Hair of the Dog” Paddle
1/4 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
1/8 Columbia Millrace Massacre
1/11 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
1/18 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
1/25 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
February
2/1 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
2/8 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
2/12 Q1 Club Meeting (Venue & Details TBA)
2/15 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
2/22 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
March
3/1 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
3/8 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
3/15 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
3/12-13 Wilderness First Aid
3/22 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
3/26 Foundations of Kayaking: 101-GEAR (open to the public)
3/29 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
April
4/2-4/3 Tallulah Release Volunteering
4/5 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
4/9 Foundations of Kayaking: 102
4/12 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
4/16 Step up to Class III Clinic: Upper Green
4/19 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
-Group Camping
-Lower Nantahala PFD Trip
4/26 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
May
5/3 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
5/6-5/8 Chattooga Fest
-Camping, Camaraderie, Fundraising Raffle
-Rafting Trips
-Section 3.5 PFD Trip
-Sect 4 PFD Trip (level dependent)
-Sect 3 Trip (level dependent)
-Sect 2 or West Fork Trip (level dependent)
-Lake Tugaloo flatwater kayak/SUP Trip
5/10 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
5/14 FPC Ladies’ Paddle @ Lower Green
5/17 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
5/21 Foundations of Kayaking: 103
5/24 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
5/28-5/30 Families Paddle Too (Memorial Weekend)
5/31 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
June
6/4 Foundations of Kayaking: 104
6/7 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
6/11 Summer Social & Q2 Club Meeting
-SWR & WFA skills refresher practice
-Whitewater SUP Clinic with SupState
-Lake Saluda flatwater kayak/SUP trip
6/14 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
6/18-6/19 Foundations of Kayaking: 105 (2 day)
6/21 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
6/25 Combat Roll Clinic @ Tuckaseegee
6/28 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
July
7/1-7/10 Week of Rivers *must also be a CCC member to attend Week of Rivers*
-Group Camping
-Nantahala PFD trip
-Roll Critique @ Fontana Lake
-Lake Paddle @ Fontana Lake
-Upper Nantahala PFD Trip
-Working the Falls Day
-7/2 Foundations of Kayaking: 106
-7/3 Foundations of Kayaking: Graduation
7/5 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
7/12 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
7/16 Whitewater Center Day
7/19 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
7/23 Hand Paddle Clinic
7/26 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
7/30 Pigeon Day
August
8/2 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
8/6 Ladies’ Paddle @ Tuckaseegee
8/9 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
8/13 Step-Up to Class III Clinic
8/16 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
8/23 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
8/30 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
September
9/2-9/5 Labor Day Weekend: East Tennessee Pilgrimage
-Group Camping
-Rafting Trip
-Middle Ocoee PFD trip
-Hiawassee Trip
-Cartecay Trip
9/6 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
9/10 Step-Up to Class III
9/13 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
9/15 Q3 Club Meeting (Virtual)
9/17 Common Sense Rescue w/ H2O
9/11 Paddle to Remember
9/20 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
9/23-9/25 GAF @ NOC
-Group Camping
-Lower Nantahala PFD trip
-Working the Falls Day
-Upper Nantahala PFD Trip
-Lake Fontana Flatwater Kayak/SUP Trip
9/27 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
October
10/4 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
10/11 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
10/15 Film Festival & Board Elections @ Thomas Creek Brewery
10/18 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
10/25 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
November
Month-Long Membership & Charity Drive
11/1 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
11/5-11/6 Low Country Boil
11/8 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
11/12 Nolichucky PFD trip
11/15 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
11/18-11/19 Capers Island Coastal Kayaking trip
11/22 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
11/29 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
December
12/1-12/31 Trip Leader & Safety Boater Workshop (Link in membership portal)
12/6 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
12/13 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
12/20 Open Roll Practice @ YMCA
12/27 Assisted Roll Session @ YMCA
*All events are tentative to leadership and instructor availability, weather, and water*
Want to request something be added to the calendar? Want to offer to teach a clinic or lead a trip? Have a Question about something on the calendar? Contact us!