Once again The Bardstown Boaters were at the Russell Fork Rendezvous for some glorious Fall paddling. The Rendezvous is a gathering in Eastern Kentucky to celebrate the Russell Fork River and the wonderful people of the area.
You could find The Bardstown Boaters camp at the trailhead for the Pine Mountain Trail.
On Saturday, The Bardstown [...]
A new adventure relay race called The Bourbon Chase will be held for the first time in Kentucky in October 2009.
Teams consisting of 12 runners will run along the state’s famed Bourbon Trail on Oct. 9-10. The race will start near Bardstown and finish in Lexington, but the route the runners will take covers nearly [...]
The Bardstown Boaters would like to send out a very big thank you to The Viking Canoe Club and to those who attended the LVM Premiere at Nachbar in Louisville. They have graciously donated $100 in proceeds towards the Bardstown Whitewater Park.
The Viking Canoe Club and The Nachbar host many LVM Premieres and other boater [...]
On October 2, 1968, President Johnson signed the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
Paddlers were and continue to be among the most passionate advocates for protecting our nation’s free-flowing rivers. Upon witnessing the loss of hundreds of miles of great rivers to water development projects and hydropower, paddlers were among the first activists who advocated for [...]
By DAN WHITE
“THIS is all virgin trail,” said Shad Baker, a connoisseur of hiking in the steeply slanted backwoods of eastern Kentucky, as he dropped me off at the start of my adventure there on the new Pine Mountain Trail. “This is probably the most remote place you can get that exists out here. You [...]
Neil Young’s “Alabama”
You just can’t beat old Neil Young tunes. May this one be on you’re radio the next time your heading to the put-in.
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
The upper and lower sections of the Russell Fork offer fantastic views and great Class II-III action. The upper is fantastic for intermediate paddlers who want to work on surfing and boofs, the lower is a great beginner/intermediate training ground. If we could only figure out how to jam them together!
Visit the great Russell Fork [...]
