var r=0; var reach = new Array(); function Reach(id,name,putin,takeout,length,diffHTML,diffDECIMAL,countyNdx,carries) { this.id = String(id); this.name = name; this.putin = putin; this.takeout = takeout; this.length = length; this.diffHTML = diffHTML; this.diffDECIMAL = diffDECIMAL; this.countyNdx = countyNdx; this.carries = carries; } //!!!ADDISON: 00 reach[r] = new Reach(1,"Dead Creek","Rt. 17","Otter Creek","10","FW","0",0,"0");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(222,"Lemon Fair","Rt. 74","Otter Creek","11.8","FW,QW","0",0,"0");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(3,"Lewis Creek","Prindle Corners","Lake Champlain","10","II","2",0,"2");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(4,"Middlebury","Ripton","E. Middlebury","3","IV-V","5",0,"?");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(5,"Middlebury","E. Middlebury","Otter Creek","3","FW,I-II","2",0,"0");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(6,"New Haven Ledges","Lincoln","Bristol","3","III-V","5",0,"?");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(7,"New Haven","Beaver Brook","Otter Creek","13","FW-IV","4",0,"2");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(8,"Otter Creek","N. Dorset","Lake Champlain","100.4","FW,QW,I,II-III","3",0,"11");r++; //!!!!BENNINGTON: 01 reach[r] = new Reach(9,"Battenkill","Manchester","NYS wayside","11","FW,QW,I-II","2",1,"0");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(10,"Deerfield","Castle Brook","Harriman Res.","9","?","7",1,"?");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(11,"Deerfield-W Br","Heartwellville","Readsboro","5","II-V","5",1,"?");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(12,"Hoosic","MA border","N Pownal","10","QW,I-II","2",1,"1");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(13,"Walloomsac","Covered br","NY border","4","FW,I","1",1,"2");r++; //!!!CALEDONIA: 02 reach[r] = new Reach(14,"Lamoille-upper","Greensboro Bend","Hardwick","8.5","I-III","3",2,"1");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(15,"Passumpsic","St. Johnsbury","Connecticut R.","9","QW,I,II","2",2,"3");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(16,"Wells","Groton","Wells R. Vill.","9.5","FW,QW,II-III","3",2,"2");r++; //!!!CHITTENDEN: 03 reach[r] = new Reach(17,"Browns","Westford","Lamoille R.","5","I-II+","2",3,"1");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(18,"Huntington","Huntington Ctr","Jonesville","10.5","II","2",3,"2");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(19,"La Platte","Spear St. Extension","Lake Champlain","6","QW,I","1",3,"1");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(20,"Lamoille-lower","Milton","Sandbar SP","9","FW,QW,I","1",3,"1");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(21,"Winooski","Bolton Dam","Lake Champlain","38","FW,QW,I-II","2",3,"4");r++; //!!!ESSEX: 04 reach[r] = new Reach(22,"Moose","Victory Bog","Passumpsic R.","18","QW,II,III-IV","4",4,"2");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(23,"Nulhegan","E. Brighton","Connecticut R.","13","Swamp,III-IV","4",4,"2");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(24,"Passumpsic-E Br","E. Burke dam","Rt. 114 bridge","4.5","II","2",4,"0");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(25,"Passumpsic-W Br","Calendar Br","Rt. 114 bridge","3.5","QW,I","1",4,"0");r++; //!!!FRANKLIN: 05 reach[r] = new Reach(26,"Mississquoi","E. Richford","Lake Champlain","51.5","FW,QW,I,II","2",5,"7");r++; //!!!GRAND ISLE: 06 //!!!LAMOILLE: 07 reach[r] = new Reach(27,"Lamoille-middle","Hardwick","Lake Arrowhead","62","FW,QW,I-III","3",7,"10");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(28,"Lamoille - N. Br.","Belvidere Cor","Lamoille R.","12","QW,II,III-IV","4",7,"2");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(29,"Lamoille - Wild Br.","Orleans Co. line","Lamoille R.","6","II-III","3",7,"?");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(30,"Gihon","Rt.100","Rt.100C","3","III-IV","4",7,"1");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(31,"Waterbury","Stowe Village","Moscow","3","?","7",7,"1");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(32,"Waterbury-W. Br","Stowe Rec. Path","Stowe Village","4.5","I-III","3",7,"0");r++; //!!!ORANGE: 08 reach[r] = new Reach(33,"Connecticut","Beecher's Falls","Wilder dam","155","FW,QW,I,II","2",8,"6");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(34,"Ompompanoosuc - E Br.","W Fairlee","Thetford falls","8","QW,I-II","2",8,"1");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(35,"Ompompanoosuc - W Br.","S. Strafford","E Br Confluence","5.5","II,III","3",8,"1+");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(36,"Waits","Waits R. Vil.","Rt. 25B","10.5","QW,II","2",8,"0");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(37,"White - 1st Br","Chelsea","S.Royalton","14","I,III-IV","4",8,"7");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(38,"White - 3rd Br","Randolph","Bethel","11","QW,I,II","2",8,"0");r++; //!!!ORLEANS: 09 reach[r] = new Reach(39,"Barton","Rt. 16 bridge","L. Memphremagog","21.8","FW,QW,I-II","2",9,"2");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(40,"Black","Albany","Newport","26","FW,QW,I-II","2",9,"1");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(41,"Clyde","W. Charleston","Clyde Pond","9.8","pond,QW,I-II","2",9,"0");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(42,"Mississquoi","Lowell","N. Troy","20","?","7",9,"?");r++; //!!!RUTLAND: 10 reach[r] = new Reach(43,"Mettawee","Rt 30","Rt 153","9","I,II","2",10,"0");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(44,"Mill","E. Wallingford","Clarendon Gorge","6","II-III","3",10,"0");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(45,"Poultney","Poultney","br @ \"the elbow\"","15.5","FW,QW,II,III","3",10,"1+");r++; //!!!WASHINGTON: 11 reach[r] = new Reach(46,"Dog","Namtag Mill dam","Winooski R.","10.3","QW,I-II","2",11,"4");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(47,"Mad","below Warren","Winooski R.","19","QW,I-II,III-IV","4",11,"3+");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(48,"Winooski","Marshfield","Bolton dam","40","FW,QW,I-II-III","3",11,"6");r++; //!!!WINDHAM: 12 reach[r] = new Reach(49,"Deerfield-N Br","W. Dover","Harriman Res.","6","?","7",12,"?");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(50,"Green","Green River (VT)","West Leyden (MA)","6.8","II-III","3",12,"0");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(51,"Rock","So. Newfane","West R.","3.7","III-IV","4",12,"?");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(52,"Saxtons","Grafton","Connecticut R.","13.8","QW,II-III","3",12,"5");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(53,"Wardsboro Brook","Wardsboro","West R.","4.5","III-IV","4",12,"0");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(54,"West-upper","Londonderry dam","Ball Mt. Dam","12","II,III","3",12,"0");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(55,"West-middle","Ball Mt. dam","Townsend dam","8","II-IV","4",12,"0");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(56,"West-lower","Townsend dam","Connecticut R.","19","I,II","2",12,"0");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(57,"Williams","Gassetts","Connecticut R.","14.5","QW,I-II,III","3",12,"3");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(58,"Winhall","above Bondville","West R.","7","II-IV","4",12,"0");r++; //!!!WINDSOR: 13 reach[r] = new Reach(59,"Black","Reservoir Pond","Conn. River","31","QW,I-II,II-III","3",13,"5+");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(60,"Connecticut","Wilder Dam","Mass. border","81","FW,QW,I-II","2",13,"3");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(61,"Ottauqueechee","Bridgewater","Woodstock","15","I-II","2",13,"0");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(62,"White","Hancock","White R. Jct.","51","QW-II","2",13,"0");r++; reach[r] = new Reach(63,"White-Robbins","Rt.125","Hancock","2.5","?","7",13,"?");r++; //!!!QUEBEC/ONTARIO: 14 //!!!NEW YORK: 15 //!!!NEW HAMPSHIRE: 16 //!!!MASSACHUSETTS: 17 //!!!MAINE: 18 reach[r] = new Reach(432343234,"Joe's Brook","Power Plant Rd.","JB Hill Rd.","8","II-IV","4",2,"2");r++; var bnCount = 0; bn = new Array(); //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("432343234","Labor Day 2003, Eric Bishop and I brought his chainsaw over to Danville to remove troublesome strainers from several dewatered big drops on Joe's Brook, including the nasty island logjam 3/4 of the way down the complex III-IV drop (a half mile above the covered bridge in South Danville).

Hopefully there will be a soaking rain later this fall, and some of us will be lucky enough to catch Joe's running before winter comes to Caledonia County.","Sept 11,2003","Tony Shaw","BOATFUL@aol.com");bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;// //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("6","I like to think I have earned a graduate degree in \"Paddling Science of the New Haven River.\" This river is good and perhaps slightly addictive. Plus it runs all the freakin time. If a deer tinkles in the woods up at sugarbush, the new haven starts flowin!! Everything is roadside, so all is scoutable and portage-able. All ze 15 or so drops are the same difficulty (class IV) except for Toaster Falls, a class III 15 foot waterfall. Don't laugh, I think it's cool!! Anyway, see yall out there
Alden","Sept 23,2003","Alden Bird","abird@middlebury.edu");bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("44","10/30/03 - 1' on the gauge under the rt. 103 bridge in Cuttingsville, river right. (estimated; gauge goes from 4' - 8'). Another \"gauge\" is the high RR trestle north of E. Wallingford, river left....water was washing over the footing, but not quite up to the stonework. I ran the 4 miles from just upstream of E. Wallingford down to the bridge a mile downstream of Cuttingsville. First 3 miles were continuous class 2 mixed with lots of bouldery, technical class 3 rapids. Last mile was mostly class 2. The biggest drop is probably the one under the high trestle. Good surfing at the ledges a couple hundred yards above the Cuttingsville bridge. This was good level, but I wouldn't want to run it much lower....it got boney anywhere the riverbed widened out. Another 6\" of water would be perfect.","Oct 30,2003","Jim Zamecnik","jimzinvt@adelphia.net");bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... reach[r] = new Reach(1069617081990,"Clarendon Gorge (Mill River)","Rt. 103","Rt. 7b","2.5","III-IV","4","10","1");r++;//JimZinVT@adelphia.net //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("1069617081990"," The Clarendon Gorge is a 2.5 mile class 3-4 run (at low water) on the Mill River in Clarendon. It's actually 2 gorges separated by a mile and a half of easy water, which is split by a fun cascade drop half way down. The average gradient for the run is 90'/mile. The put-in is at the Appalachian/Long Trail trailhead on route 103 southeast of Rutland, and the takeout is just off route 7b where the river goes under route 7.
There's currently no gauge (I hope to fix that soon), but the level was low: the river above the gorge was too low to paddle. We started just upstream of the suspension footbridge on river right. The entrance to the upper gorge is through a narrow chute that has a few hidden rocks at this level. The gorge is 0.3 mile of class 3-4 pool/drop ledges with a gradient of 140'/mile. Another foot of water would definitely push it up to class 4. The scenery is great…high rock walls topped with overhanging hemlocks.
When you exit the gorge there's 0.75 mile of class 1-2 water (barely passable in spots at this level) until you reach the class 4 drop at the covered bridge. You'll see the bridge below and the old mill building on the right. Scout from river left (the mill is now a private residence and the right bank is posted land). The cascade drops about 20' in 3 steps, the last being the largest. At this level you can start center or right, and finish right. More water might open up a left side option.
From here it's more class 1-2, about a mile, to the class 5 entrance to the lower gorge (known locally as \"Devil's Gorge\"). Take out on the right when you see the walls of the gorge closing in ahead. The portage is also class 5, climbing up and over the slippery marble ledges, then 25' down a muddy crack in the rock and the near vertical gorge wall. (Or maybe otter in if you can find a place to perch on the ledges?) The lower gorge is extremely narrow (less than 10' in places), with higher, darker walls (80-100') and slightly bigger drops than the upper gorge. The gradient here is 175'/mile. Spectacular! You'd never know you were within a few hundred yards of a 4 lane highway and not far off the end of a runway. About 0.4 mile of pool/drop ledges bring you to the end of the gorge, then it's a few hundred yards of moving flatwater to the take-out at the rocky beach on river right upstream of the route 7 bridge.
","Nov 23,2003","Jim Zamecnik","JimZinVT@adelphia.net");bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("4","\"Kayaking has shown me a lot of fun, a lot of seriousness, and a simple fact: Life is full of horizon lines. They come in all shapes and sizes: people, jobs, accidents, marriage and children. Time is the current that pushes us toward the edge, usually faster than we can cope. And flowing water is the current of time made real. I know that fear comes from doubt about where those horizon lines lead. And I know that the truths of life, both large and small, are what lie behind each one.\"

-- Doug Ammons, psychologist and solo boater of the Stikine Canyon

The Middlebury is distanced from all other rivers in the state by the section called \"The Birth Canal\" -- a quarter-mile of hanging undercut walls. This section begins with a long rapid that feeds into a tight 12' waterfall which pushes you like a Frenchman in a ski lift line towards two undercut \"rooms\" on either side.

You don't see New Haven-like crowds on the Middlebury. Don't let this entirely scare you though. There is a lot of myth surrounding this run, and the parts above and below the Birth Canal are awesome pedal-to-the-metal class IV when the New Haven is at 300 cfs or better. You can also hike in below the Birth Canal. It's a hugely deep gorge too, and just being in there is like knowing a secret. ","Dec 9,2003","Tony Estanguet","abird@middlebury.edu");bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//#email2# //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("11","This is the longest section of good rapids I've done in the state. It's 3.5 miles, all good action. I think of the run in four stages:

First, the top section, from Readsboro Falls to where the river crosses under the road. About a mile. There is a cl V drop at the top (Readsboro Falls) a IV right after it (Holey Holey Holey) and then a long section of awesome cl III+ boogie water, total non-stop fun.

From the bridge down are about four or five cl IV New Haven Ledges-type drops. Then a section of easier water.

The Tunnel Trio is three drops right before the river goes under the road again. Tunnel Falls is a cl IV waterslide, followed by Breather another cl IV deal. Then comes Tunnel Vision, a large cl V drop of much fame. There is a cool rapid in the tunnel too, paddling in there is very strange!

From the Tunnel to the take out is the best section. It's pedal-to-the-metal small class IV drops the whole way. You bang right down into Readsboro, where two larger cl IV drops, High Chair and Low Chair await. These are just above and just below the gauge, right behind Readsboro General Store. Low Chair is one of my favorite rapids ever. More class III+ boogie to the end.

Great stuff. My new favorite river in the state. Definitely worth the drive.","Jan 3,2004","Michal Martikan","abird@middlebury.edu");bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//#email2# //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... // bn[bnCount] = new Array("",""," ,","","");bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... reach[r] = new Reach(1082200212070,"Mettawee","Truthville","Grays Corner","3","IV-V","5","15","1-4");r++;//vpcnews@vtpaddlers.net //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("1082200212070","A solid local boater drowned this month, trapped in a rock slot part-way down the second drop, where the river divides around a group of boulders. This drop has not been considered particularly treacherous in the past, however the configuration of this drop CHANGED in 2003, and presumably could change again the next time it floods. The fatal pinning occurred in the left hand channel, but neither channel offers a truly clean/safe route. We miss you, Linda...
If you need more convincing, see the \"boulder seive\" photos on the American Whitewater website at http://www.americanwhitewater.org/rivers/id/1343/","Apr 17,2004","Tony Shaw","vpcnews@vtpaddlers.net",true);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//#email2# //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("1082200212070","Important additional details on this section have been posted on the Northeast Paddlers Message Board. I encourage anyone reading these notes to consider them.","Apr 26,2004","Chris Weed","CCW@PKC.com",true);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//#email2# //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... // bn[bnCount] = new Array("",""," ,","","");bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... reach[r] = new Reach(1083007802854,"Ridley Brook","Camel's Hump Road (N. Duxbury)","Winooski River (Duxbury Road)","2","IV-V","5","11","1-3 (?)");r++;//ccw@pkc.com //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("1083007802854","Also see the AW page.

From Ed Clark (4/1/2004):

\"As of today(4/1), the bottom of Backyard Boating on Ridley has a very dangerous new rock which essentially closes the only runnable channel (river left). Be Careful.\"
","Apr 26,2004","Chris Weed","CCW@PKC.com",true);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//#email2# //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... // bn[bnCount] = new Array("",""," ,","","");bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... reach[r] = new Reach(1083021322481,"Winooski River (Chace Mill/Salmon Hole)","multiple (above/below Winooski One dam)","multiple (above/below Winooski One dam)",".5 mile or less","II-V","5","3","1");r++;//CCW@PKC.com //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("21","This reach encompasses the Chace Mill and Salmon Hole rapids, whose difficulty can substantially exceed the given overall difficulty, which assumes portaging around dams and adjoining rapids.

Flat water and class II paddlers should also see the Winooski River Paddling Guide. (Caveat: This guide is based on 1993 data.)","Apr 26,2004","Chris Weed","CCW@PKC.com");bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//#email2# //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... // bn[bnCount] = new Array("",""," ,","","",#warning#);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... reach[r] = new Reach(1083021322482,"Passumpsic","Lyndonville","St. Johnsbury","10","flatwater","","2","3");r++;//ryan.carrier@uvm.edu //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... // bn[bnCount] = new Array("",""," ,","","",#warning#);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... reach[r] = new Reach(1088069255300,"Little","Below the powerhouse","Above I89 bridge","4","I-II","2","11","1");r++;//vpcnews@vtpaddlers.net //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("19","In high water, it is a fast ride from Spear St. Extension to Falls Road in Shelburne, a distance of about 3 miles. There might be a strainer or beaver dam en route; the stream is only about 15 feet wide in most places. The only place to park on Falls Rd. is up near the village store, a short walk west from the bridge.
I have never run the complex, long slide that begins beneath the bridge in Shelburne, though I suppose it could be done by an expert party. The steepest part is at the very end, there is really only one conceivable line, and you really don't want to miss your line there at the bottom!
From Shelburne Bay, where there is a public boat launch and marina, it is possible to ASCEND the LaPlatte most of the way to Shelburne Falls, as the current in the last 3 miles is extremely mild.","Sept 24,2004","Tony Shaw","boatful@comcast.net",false);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//#email2# //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... // bn[bnCount] = new Array("",""," ,","","",#warning#);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... reach[r] = new Reach(1096795276900,"Mill Brook - Jericho","Tarbox Rd.","Rt. 117","2","II-IV","4","3","2 +/-");r++;//boatful@comcast.net //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("1096795276900","It takes soaking rains to bring up Mill Brook in Jericho.
If you stand on the bridge crossing Mill Brook on Rt. 117 (also known as River Rd., between Richmond and Essex Jct.) and look upstream and see all the rocks are covered, then it should be high enough.
It is possible to start above Browns Trace Rd., off Nashville Rd. or Field Rd., but then you will be committed to paddling the sluggish section near FitzSimonds Rd. that contains an extraordinary jumble of strainers.
Consider using instead the blazed trail that leads down to the river from Tarbox Rd., not far from its terminus on Governor Peck Rd., where the gradient steepens again.
Before 2004 ends, I hope to wade up this entire section with a chainsaw, as there are strainers in the steeper section as well.
See also the AW description by Eric Bishop.","Oct 3,2004","Tony Shaw","boatful@comcast.net",false);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//#email2# //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("1096795276900","I posted a couple of photos shot on a September day when the water was exceedingly low.","Oct 4,2004","Tony Shaw","boatful@comcast.net",false);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//#email2# //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("1096795276900","We removed a bunch of strainers today in the stretch ending at Tarbox Road. Hydrodam Falls (IV) has a clean route now on river right. The left side may LOOK inviting, but beware of a vertical pin possibility in the pool into which you'd drop (on account of 3 large logs submerged there).

There remain 2 obvious riverwide obstructions downstream from the hydro project which are plain to see as you approach. Each contains WAY too much lumber to remove with two people and one chainsaw.","Oct 9,2004","Tony Shaw","boatful@comcast.net",true);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//#email2# //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("24","I have paddeled the lower section several times, but just last month I paddled below the bridge in East Burke.

There is a fun technical class II+ drop right at the put in. The river makes a fast right turn but there is a nasty rock right in the middle of the otherwise smooth tongue of green water. Lots of eddies that I needed to back into after I nearly broached on that rock. A quick wave train brings you around the bend to the left to the final drop with a fine surfing wave at the bottom. Although you are right next to the road, you can neither see nor hear it and you have a nice private little play hole. The rest of the run to Lyndonville is class I(+) with some real fun ledge drops along the way. I hear there is more big stuff downstream, But I have never been on it.","Oct 14,2004","Mark Lienau","mlienau@northcountryschools.org",false);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//#email2# //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("33","I don't know this whole trip, but I live in Canaan and I paddle my region all the time.

In medium to high water, the run from Pittsburg (NH) to Canaan is a great time. Put in at the covered bridge on Bacon Rd, just off route 3. Immediately there is a series of class II+ drops with big waves and lots of surf. The rest of the run to Canaan is fairly mild and straightforward, but there are a lot of surf possibilities if you're looking for them. (8 miles; ~3 hrs).



Beecher Falls is always fun. You can run it in seconds, or spend an hour or more in the many eddies and waves. River left at the top provides the most playspots, although there is a nice table rock on river right at low water. A series of 3 or 4 ledges provide ample play opportunities and you can work back and forth across the river.

After a mile or so of flatwater, you come to the dam in Canaan. A long carry down Powerhouse Road brings you to a nice boat launch just below the bridge in town.

Just below the bridge there is a nice drop with a long wave train and two strong eddies on either side. It is a fun playspot, and I can be found there on spring and fall afternoons while my kids are at baseball or soccer practice. The character of the drop here is constantly changing due to river levels and the output from the powerhouse. Depending on local power needs, it can drop and rise again a foot or more in an hour, and different water levels offer different challenges in that time. It is a fun spot to play while you wait for your friends to finish shuttling cars!","Apr 4,2005","Mark Lienau","mlienau@northcountryschools.org",false);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//#email2# //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("1083007802854","Nate [McHugh] and I ran Ridley brook on Saturday at a low flow.

Great, clear water, all snowmelt and beautiful. There are two problems though.

First, at the bottom of Backyard Boating the boulder seive on river left is still there but has gotten much better. There is not nearly as much water flowing under the boulder because the seive has seemed to fill up with debris, this is good. However, the narrow chute to the left of the seive has gotten harder to run because of boulder shifts. There is high (high!) pinning potential, (I did pin there), but there is excellent safety set up. It is strange in that, at low water,

it is a difficult class 5 move with class 3 consequences as long as someone has set up safety and ready to pull a boat off. I pinned there and Nate pulled my boat off. So the move looks like you will pin more, but just downstream from the really dangerous sieve location.

The next rapid, Video Drop, has some wood in the bottom left part of the cauldron. It looks like it might be out of play; it could be fine. But I can't see what is going on below the surface so there may be branches underwater than are going places that you don't want them to go. We walked it. The rest of the rio is unchanged and good to go.","Apr 11,2005","Robyn Battaile","Rbattail@bsdvt.org",true);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//#email2# //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... // bn[bnCount] = new Array("",""," ,","","",#warning#);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... reach[r] = new Reach(1114959963609,"Bingo Brook","2 - 3 mi. above takeout","~1 mi. from Bingo Rd./rt.73 intersection, at National Forest info sign","2 - 3 ","III-IV","4","13","0 - 2");r++;//jimzinvt@adelphia.net //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("1114959963609","A pristine class III-IV creek. Narrow, ledgy, remote, beautiful. About 100 yards below the 2 mile bridge put-in is a labyrinth of tight class IV drops, 3-5' each. From there to the takeout are many class III ledges, fewer and farther between as you approach the take-out.



I haven't run the top mile, only road-scouted at a too low level. The first 1/2 mile looks like more III-IV ledges, with one sizable drop (8-10') that looks ugly in the middle, maybe run on the left? Then a section of class II down to the 2 mile put-in.



There's a gauge on the Brandon Brook, on the bridge at Robinson corner, downstream, river left. Roughly 0.0' or just under is a minimum boatable level for the lower 2 miles of Bingo. A very rough correlation to the USGS Ayers Brook gauge is 4.9' = 0.0' on the bridge gauge. That's worked well for me twice, during snowmelt/widespread rain. It may not be a useful correlation for thunderstorm runoff.

","May 1,2005","Jim Z","jimzinvt@adelphia.net",false);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//#email2# //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("1114959963609","There's quite a bit of wood in the river this spring. Most of it is easily seen and avoided, but there's one dangerous log. It's immediately below a very tight class 4 drop about 1.75 miles above the takeout. It's river-wide and will be right at water level at medium flow. You will not see it from above the drop. And the log is almost 2' in diam. and well-jammed, so it won't leave without a fight.

Also, this drop has another issue. It's a narrow slot, dropping about 4' and banking left between 2 large boulders. At a \"too low\" flow it appears that about a third of the flow is going *under* the right boulder. I've run this slot twice before with no problems (well, I did flip both times). But I don't think I'll be running it again.

There's another ledge a hundred yards or so below this where my usual line has been a narrow diagonal slide starting far left. At this very low flow you can see that the \"slide\" is actually a very deep narrow crevase in the ledge...narrow enough to jam a kayak in if you were to drive deep enough under the surface? I think I'll be looking at a different line next time.

I'm by no means an expert creek runner, but I thought I'd get this info out there so you can make your own decisions.","May 1,2005","Jim Z","jimzinvt@adelphia.net",true);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//#email2# //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("48","i think winooski is horrible","May 11,2005","ian martel","panguin123",false);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//#email2# //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("48","I love winooski YAY!!!","May 15,2005","Scot Lavalley","tardo",true);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//#email2# //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("1083021322481","This reach encompasses the Chace Mill and Salmon Hole rapids, whose difficulty can substantially exceed the given overall difficulty, which assumes portaging around dams and adjoining rapids.



Flat water and class II paddlers should also see the Winooski River Paddling Guide. (Caveat: This guide is based on 1993 data.)","May 15,2005","Chris Weed","none",false);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//#email2# //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("48","As of 6/16/2005 on the Winooski (at Junkyard Rapid) Umiak reports there is a tree down and partialy in the water at the upstream river left take out.","June 16,2005","Tony Shaw","boatful@comcast.net",true);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//#email2# //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("1069617081990","rough gauge correlation: 3.0' (steady) on the USGS Metawee (Pawlet, VT not Granville, NY) gauge seems to indicate a good (medium?) level in the gorges, a little thin in the class 2 sections. ","Nov 14,2005","Jim Z","jimzinvt@adelphia.net",false);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//#email2# //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... // bn[bnCount] = new Array("",""," ,","","",#warning#);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... reach[r] = new Reach("1141271038265","Browns","Old Pump Rd. Jericho","Old Mill Jericho","1 mile","IV","4","3","2");r++;//kgrist@hotmail.com //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("1069617081990","Last Saturday a 15 ft. barely submerged limbless log was guarding the entrance to the first rapid below the AT/LT footbridge at the put-in. Ryan was able to float it downstream into the first eddy on river right, but the next time the water rises the log may move further downstream, and pin in another inconvenient/hazardous spot.","May 12,2009","","boatful@comcast.net",true);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//boatful@comcast.net //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("26","I'm looking for a 3 day flat water or class 1 canoe trip. Could this be it? Thanks!","June 22,2009","","petethepeglegpirate@gmail.com",false);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("26","A better bet might be the upper Connecticut River. Why don't you check the Vermont River Conservancy website for information about the campsites they have designated and maintain for "through-paddlers".

Tony","July 8,2009","","boatful@comcast.net",false);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//boatful@comcast.net //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR NEW BOATER NOTES... bn[bnCount] = new Array("1141271038265","2009-07-18
A riverwide strainer makes it necessary to lift over the second drop (not visible from the Old Pump Rd. bridge). With a chainsaw I'm sure we can remove it without much trouble, but for now its worth noting.
Also, in low water, we found a way to lift over the steepest, most convoluted ledge drop on river left, and run the last part of it cleanly (since most of the water - on river right - runs smack dab into a rock face that appears undercut).","July 19,2009","","boatful@comcast.net",true);bnCount++; //THIS IS THE TEMPLATE FOR A NEW REACH... // reach[r] = new Reach(,"","","","","","","","");r++;//boatful@comcast.net /* paste gbtl above */