Scheduled releases that KCCNY members are likely to hit. If you are thinking of going please post a trip. Be sure to check before scheduling or driving.
Lehigh offers great class 2 water and releases which (we try to) alternate with the Mongaup for 2 days from mid may to end of August.
2025 Lehigh release schedule.
May: 10, 17, 24, 25, June: 7, 8, 21, 22, July: 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27, August: 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23*, 24*, 30*, 31* + Columbus Day weekend ‘mega’ release*
*starred releases on the Lehigh are water dependent but usually happen.
Mongaup (Class 2+) has schedule releases 1 day every other weekend from April-October. We are working with the dam operator, Eagle Creek for a schedule.
They also publish their energy release schedule a day or 2 ahead of time.
Mongaup is closed due to eagle nesting Dec. 1st – April 1 (no fooling).
Not far from the Lehigh or Mongaup is the Class 1-2 Lackawaxen, a great first whitewater stream with lots of avoidable features that has schedule releases Fridays in July and early August. Schedule should be posted on safewaters.com here.
Deerfield River in Massachusetts offers both the class 4 Dryway/Monroe Bridge section and the class 2 Fife Brook Section that ends in the Class 3 Zoar Gap.
We won’t bother with:
Hudson Gorge releases Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from earlier in the spring to later in the fall then we normally go.
Tohickon Creek which releases the 3rd weekend of March and the first weekend of November (though usually isn’t made official until days or weeks ahead of time).
Esopus releases which so seldom happen. KCCNY conservation committee is trying to bring these back.
Northeast releases (Maine, Mass, NH): Boston AMC maintains a good compilation of releases in their neck of the woods at amcbostonpaddlers.org/documents/river-releases/. As of early Jan, 2025 the above were the 2024 schedules.
ADIRONDACK REGION
Kept updated at https://backyardboatshop.com/pages/ny-festivals-and-releases.
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Black River Festival Sat mid July normally coincides with a Salmon release!
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The Beaver River Rendezvous
- Salmon is a popular class 2 west of the Adirondacks. 2025 Salmon River Release Dates
July 5, July 6, July 19, July 20, August 2, August 3, August 30, August 31. Source adventure-calls.com/rafting_salmonriver.html -
All GPS coordinates in the Google Calendar at https://backyardboatshop.com/pages/ny-festivals-and-releases.
Note: Maintaining a release calendar is complex. We recommend you contribute to the American Whitewater release schedule , but if you’d like to keep a release calendar update on this site or if you have releases you’d like added to this page, contact us.
