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2002 Calendar
Last updated: Sunday, 23 November 2003

For information about a trip, contact the trip leader indicated. If no trip leader is indicated, send an email to info@fairbankspaddlers.org or call (907) 457-6723.

Unsure what trips you want to take? Check out Paddling 101 for descriptions of which trips are best for you.

  January - May
  Pool Sessions: Hamme Pool, every Monday evening, January 7th through May 20th, 7 - 9pm (Except holidays: 1/21, 2/18)
  May - September
  Return to Chena River, 22 May to 11 September: 6:30pm Graehl Landing Every Wednesday evening through the summer, ending September 12th. BBQ at Alaskaland Landing after each float. Contact: Brad Snow, 479-6790 paddler@mosquitonet.com
  April
19 Paddlesport Fair & Swapmeet Friday, 5:00pm, End of Small Tracts Road
19 Spring Potluck: Friday, 6:30pm CanoeAlaska Building
20 Delta-Clearwater Float: Contact: Brad Snow, 479-6790
20-21 Delta Clearwater Overnight. Meet with day group and continue on. Contact: Larry Fogleson, 479-6828
  May
12 Upper Chena, Three Bridge Section. Contact Dan Byrnes, 451-7433
18 Chena River Cleanup: Start at Graehl Landing at 10:00am Contact: Jim Cannon, 457-4082 mailto:mjcannon@mosquitonet.com [Note: Changed from 11 May]
22 Wednesday evening Chena River trips begin. See above for details. Contact: Brad Snow, 479-6790 paddler@mosquitonet.com
25-27 Memorial Day Weekend Whitewater Road Trip Contact Brad Snow, 479-6790.
X25-26X Memorial Day Weekend Upper Chena or Chatanika Family Overnight Float. Contact Bruce Campbell, 488-1667.  Canceled due to high water.
  June
1 Nenana River: Reindeer Hills to Windy Bridge. Class I. Contact Brad Snow. Call 479-6790.
1-2 Nenana River Reindeer Hills to Windy Bridge, Overnight. Contact Marjie Richards, 456-8021
8 Nenana Newcomers Run: Windy Bridge to Carlo Creek, Class II. Contact Brad 479-6790 paddler@mosquitonet.com. Volunteer safety boaters needed.
14-16 Lower Gulkana Contact Bruce Campbell, 488-1667 alaska98@alaska.net.
15-30 Gulkana North Fork of the West Fork Contact Shirley Liss, 455-6614. Trip filled.
22 Nenana River: Carlo Creek to McKinley Village, Class II and III. Contact Brad 479-6790 paddler@mosquitonet.com.
29 Nenana River: Carlo Creek to McKinley Village, Class II and III Again!! Contact Les 479-6172.
  July
11 FP Board meeting at 6:45 PM on the Pump House Restaurant deck.
13 Nenana River: McKinley Village to Twin Rocks, Class III+. Contact Brad, paddler@mosquitonet.com 479-6790
20-21 Nenana Wildwater Race Weekend: Downriver and Rodeo on Saturday; Slalom on Sunday
21 Set gates for Chena River Slalom, 6 P.M.
25 Chena River Slalom Race: Cushman Street Bridge
26-28 Willow-Matanuska Whitewater Festival. Contact George Beirne, 243-1577, riverratalaska@aol.com for information.
  August
9-12 Gulkana Festival: Paxson Lake to Sourdough Campground, w/ a layover at the Canyon. Contact Dave Gronemeier, meritage@gci.net, 457-2097
17-18 Nenana, Reindeer Hills Overnight Contact Marjie Richards, 456-8924
22 Fairbanks Paddlers Board Meeting, Larry Fogleson's, 479-6828
31-2 Sept Labor Day Weekend: Trip TBA
  September
11 Last Wednesday on the Chena and End of Year BBQ, Alaskaland Landing
13-15 Delta River; Tangle Lakes. Contact Mike Davis, 452-5191 (Days)
14 Nenana River: McKinley Village to Twin Rocks (prerequisite for first-time Canyon Newcomers on Sunday). Contact Brad 479-6790 paddler@mosquitonet.com.
15 Nenana River: Canyon Newcomers
19 Fairbanks Paddlers Board Meeting, Shirley Liss's house, 455-6614
28-30 Sixmile (Road Camp) Contact Brad Snow, 479-6790
  October
18 Annual Meeting
  November
9-10 6th Annual Meltdown Madness at Arctic Circle Hot Springs: Pool practice & fun, relaxing weekend.