Winter Series Race #3 – Hosted by MHCC

Race Information

Come out to the annual Mountain Home Canoe Club Port of Kalama Washington winter series race on Saturday, February 10th and get a good work out in!

The race is a challenging 6+ miles or 3 1/2 mile short course. The venue includes a beautiful Hawaiian beach with vehicle access for launching boats. The race is on a very fast course with strong downstream currents in the main channel and weaker upstream currents in a back channel behind Sand Island.  It will start/finish about ½ mile upstream from the world’s tallest totem pole and proceed downstream to the bottom of Sand Island. It will continue behind the island to its upper end and finish on a downstream leg to the start/finish line. This is the 3rd of 7 races in the Winter Series, with the first 5 place finishers in each division earning points for end of season awards.

Race Entry Fees: 

Short or Long Course: $25.00 per paddler on Paddle Guru, $28.00 the day of the race

Schedule:
9:00am – Coffee, pasties and registration at the McMenamin’s Ahles Point Cabin
10:20am – Safety and Paddlers’ meeting
11:00am – Race start
1:00pm – Awards and pizza (first two slices are free with your registration!) with beverages and indoor/outdoor fire pit

Directions:

Approaching from the north on I-5:Take Exit 30 toward Kalama – 0.4 miTurn right onto Oak Street – 0.05 miTake 1st left on Hendrickson Drive – 0.9 mi

Approaching from the south on I-5:Take Exit 27 toward Todd Road – 0.3 miTurn left onto Robb Road – 0.1 miTurn right onto Toeff Road – 0.2 miles. Take 1st right onto N. Hendrickson Drive – 1.9 miles.