Virginia whitewater - Bottom Creek, Blue Ridge Mountains, Montgomery County
Montgomery
county,
Bottom Creek Road Bridge To Route 637 section whitewater kayaking, rafting, and paddling information.
CLASS V+ 3 miles
The wonderful Montgomery County scenery and the beautiful way the water current moves down the stream attract people from near and far. If you're coming from Roanoke it's not a long drive at all to the starting location, please print out a copy of the road map further down the page so you won’t get lost. Bottom Creek doesn't have a lot of paddling stretches, the Bottom Creek Road Bridge To Route 637 stretch is the only one. The rivers for whitewater rafting and kayaking here in Virginia are often easier than in other states, so keep in mind that many
of the sections here are safe for beginners. Whether you're whitewater rafting or kayaking around here you'll find a large number of good rivers. Whitewater paddling here in the Blue Ridge Mountains is a great experience. You can pitch a tent or park your RV at a nearby campground.
This is a pretty short section so you'd better be prepared to walk your kayak back to put-in a few times. Great exercise and just hanging out with mother nature will make you glad you came. The Bottom Creek Road Bridge To Route 637 stretch of Bottom Creek in Virginia is 3 miles long and has been rated as a class V+ section by American Whitewater. Not too many hotels nearby, you'll have to drive a bit to get to one, but if you don’t have reservations you might end up sleeping in your car.
Briefly about the general area: Bottom Creek gets a normal
amount of yearly rainfall; of all the months in a year May is the one with the most rain while January is the month with the least amount of precipitation. Throughout the warm days of summer at Bottom Creek highs are usually in the 80's. Once the sun is down it plunges down
to the 50's. All through the winter highs are in the 40's, and after the sun is down all through the wintertime temperatures at Bottom Creek sink into the 10's.
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