The Town of Eagle Visitors Center Boat Launch was constructed in the fall of 2015 to provide an alternative put-in/take-out to an existing boat launch downstream. The Launch allows users to exit the river before a difficult Class IV rapid. Calibre’s Whitewater Team provided conceptual design, construction documents, and construction oversight for the Town of Eagle.

The project created an improved concrete boat launch at an existing unimproved take-out that enhanced ingress/egress by creating eddies and tie-off boulders for boat holding. The project also protected the designed improvements from erosion by guiding flows away from the riverbank using boulder weirs. The design also excavated and hauled off native bank and channel materials from the site to create a self-maintaining, sheltered cove. Before the completion of the project, all disturbed areas were reclaimed with biodegradable erosion control blankets and native turf grasses.