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.
Mongaup (Class 2+) has schedule releases 1 day every other weekend from April-October. 2025 Mongaup Schedule.
Dam operator Eagle Creeek 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).
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.
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.
Dryway Release ScheduleWe 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
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Black River Festival was moved to June 7 after analyzing water level trends of the past 10 years. Turns out July is now big water season in Upstate NY! Paired with a Moose release on June 8 for a great way to kick off the true summer season.
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Due to the above water level trend, we are trying out a summer Class V weekend with Raquette and Moose releasing July 12/13! Mark your calendars for a stout weekend. If historic water trends hold, micros could run too.
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The Taylorville and Raquette releases on Monday of BeaverFest (Aug. 29-Sept. 1st) have been CONDITIONALLY restored.
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TWO Beaver/Moose double stack weekends after BeaverFest!!
Up to date calendar at backyardboatshop.com/pages/ny-festivals-and-releases
- 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
Maintaining a release calendar is complex.
We recommend you contribute to the American Whitewater release schedule
One of the features of the AW website (not mobile app at this point) is a dam release calendar that covers the entire USA. Go to: AW Main page, River info, bottom of page- Release Information- View Calendar. https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Release/view/
