Press release from Green River Adventures and MountainTrue:
Saluda, NC (May 4, 2019) – Get ready for an exciting day full of kayaking trips, waterfall rappelling and treks, Oskar Blues beer and music by the Aaron Burdett Band when the Spring Green Bash, Saluda’s favorite river and block party, returns on May 4.
Event Details:
What: 13th Annual Spring Green Bash
Who: presented by Green River Adventures and sponsored by MountainTrue, Prestige Subaru of Asheville, Oskar Blues Brewery, WNCW 88.7 FM, Liquid Logic Kayaks, Astral Designs, and The Gorge Zipline. Music by the Aaron Burdett Band.
Where: Green River Adventures, 111 E. Main Street, Saluda, NC
When: Saturday, May 4, 5:00-9 p.m.
“We’re so glad to be joining our friends at Green River Adventures as the nonprofit beneficiaries of the Spring Green Bash again this year,” says Gray Jernigan, MountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper, “It’s always a blast and a great time for folks to get outside, celebrate the Green River and our awesome community.”
“It’s going to be another great party this year to kick off a season of fun in our beautiful Green River Gorge,” says Sara Bell, Co-Owner of Green River Adventures. “We’re thankful for all of the work the Green Riverkeeper does to keep the Green River watershed beautiful for all of the people and businesses that enjoy it!”
The excitement starts bright and early at 8:30 a.m. with an inflatable kayaking trip down the Upper Green River, and continues throughout the day with a choose-your-own-adventure list of activities, all guided by the professional staff of Green River Adventures. Register for your trip online at www.greenriveradventures.com or by calling (828) 749-2800.
Full Schedule of River Activities:
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – Upper Green Inflatable Kayak Trip. A high-adventure, heart-pumping whitewater experience down one of the steepest commercially-run sections of whitewater in the Southeastern United States.
9:00 a.m-1 p.m. – Big Bradley Waterfall Rappel. This 200-ft rappel down the Big Bradley Waterfall starts off down a 30-ft vertical rock face and then down one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the region.
1-5 p.m. – Waterfall Trek. This amphibious hiking adventure combines rappelling, canyoning, swimming, sliding, hiking and boulder-hopping along spectacular waterfalls and wilderness.
1-4 p.m. and 2-5 p.m. – Lower Green Inflatable Kayak Trips. This 3-mile section of the Lower Green offers easily navigated rapids, beautiful scenery and tons of fun for the entire family.
At 5 p.m. the whole Green River community is invited to the Spring Green Bash block party at Green River Adventures in downtown Saluda. We’ll enjoy great beer from Oskar Blues Brewing and music by the Aaron Burdett Band. The Green River will also announce the winner of a charity raffle for a LiquidLogic Remix XP 10 in Blue Ice, a whitewater kayak valued at $1,000. Proceeds from the raffle benefit MountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper – the protector and defender of the Green River Watershed. Purchase raffle tickets online at https://bit.ly/2IOHCYU, by phone at 828-258-8737, ext. 209, or at the party. You do not need to be present to win
Gray Jernigan, MountainTrue’s Green Riverkeeper will be at the block party to talk to members of our river community and enjoy the festivities. MountainTrue is one of the few organizations in the nation with four Waterkeeper Alliance programs, the Green Riverkeeper, French Broad Riverkeeper, the Watauga Riverkeeper and the Broad Riverkeeper. The Riverkeeper programs are key to MountainTrue’s endeavors to monitor and protect the quality of our region’s waterways.
Before you comment
The comments section is here to provide a platform for civil dialogue on the issues we face together as a local community. Xpress is committed to offering this platform for all voices, but when the tone of the discussion gets nasty or strays off topic, we believe many people choose not to participate. Xpress editors are determined to moderate comments to ensure a constructive interchange is maintained. All comments judged not to be in keeping with the spirit of civil discourse will be removed and repeat violators will be banned. See here for our terms of service. Thank you for being part of this effort to promote respectful discussion.