2020 New River Dries Releases Scheduled (WV)

Posted: 02/06/2020

By: Kevin Colburn

Last week, American Whitewater took part in the annual scheduling meeting for the New River Dries releases. Each year these releases will follow the same pattern: a weekend in mid-March, and then 3.5 consecutive weekends starting with the last weekend in June. For 2020, this means the releases are on March 21 & 22, June 27 & 28, and July 4, 5, 11, 12, and 18. Inflows have to be in a very specific range for a release to occur or it will be rescheduled for the next free weekend, so double check the gages and the power company website before heading to the river.

Paddlers will find a new public take-out on the Dries this year, just upstream of the campground. American Whitewater negotiated this access area along with the dam releases as part of the relicensing of Hawks Nest Dam. A new put in is also under construction downstream of Cotton Hill Bridge but the opening date for that site is still in flux. It also is downstream of some fun whitewater, so choose your adventure with intention.

We hope people get out and enjoy these releases!

Kevin Colburn

Asheville, NC

E-mail: kevin@americanwhitewater.org

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New River Dries (WV)

The Hawks Nest Dam de-waters six miles of the New River most of the time, and the relicensing of the dam began in 2012.

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New WV

15. New River Dries: Hawks Nest Dam to Gauley Bridge III-IV

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July 2023
25	26	27	28	29	30	1 <div class="event event-0"> <span class="title"> New River Dries Release (WV) </span><br> <span class="detail"><br>Standard release, subject to rescheduling if inflows are not within a specified range. 2500-2200 cfs</span><br> </div> <div class="event event-0"> <span class="title"> New River Dries Release (WV) </span><br> <span class="detail"><br>Standard release, subject to rescheduling if inflows are not within a specified range. 2500-2200 cfs</span><br> </div>
2 <div class="event event-0"> <span class="title"> New River Dries Release (WV) </span><br> <span class="detail"><br>Standard release, subject to rescheduling if inflows are not within a specified range. 2500-2200 cfs</span><br> </div> <div class="event event-0"> <span class="title"> New River Dries Release (WV) </span><br> <span class="detail"><br>Standard release, subject to rescheduling if inflows are not within a specified range. 2500-2200 cfs</span><br> </div>	3	4	5	6	7	8 <div class="event event-0"> <span class="title"> New River Dries Release (WV) </span><br> <span class="detail"><br>Standard release, subject to rescheduling if inflows are not within a specified range. 2500-2200 cfs</span><br> </div> <div class="event event-0"> <span class="title"> New River Dries Release (WV) </span><br> <span class="detail"><br>Standard release, subject to rescheduling if inflows are not within a specified range. 2500-2200 cfs</span><br> </div>
9 <div class="event event-0"> <span class="title"> New River Dries Release (WV) </span><br> <span class="detail"><br>Standard release, subject to rescheduling if inflows are not within a specified range. 2500-2200 cfs</span><br> </div> <div class="event event-0"> <span class="title"> New River Dries Release (WV) </span><br> <span class="detail"><br>Standard release, subject to rescheduling if inflows are not within a specified range. 2500-2200 cfs</span><br> </div>	10	11	12	13	14	15 <div class="event event-0"> <span class="title"> New River Dries Release (WV) </span><br> <span class="detail"><br>Standard release, subject to rescheduling if inflows are not within a specified range. 2500-2200 cfs</span><br> </div> <div class="event event-0"> <span class="title"> New River Dries Release (WV) </span><br> <span class="detail"><br>Standard release, subject to rescheduling if inflows are not within a specified range. 2500-2200 cfs</span><br> </div>
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	31	1	2	3	4	5

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New River Dries Release (WV)

Gauley Bridge,WV runs 03/23/19 - 07/15/23
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2020 New River Dries Releases Scheduled (WV)

Kevin Colburn

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New River Dries (WV)

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Events

July 2023