Appalachian Whitewater: The Northern States, 4th

by John Connely, Ed Grove, John Porterfield, and Charlie Walbridge

• ISBN13: 9780897323802
• ISBN10: 0897323807
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press

Summary

This new edition contains up-to-date phone numbers, gauge information, web pages as well as the accurate river and shuttle information readers have come to expect from this series.

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Table of Contents

The Appalachian Mountain System	1	(3)
Stream Dynamics	3	(6)
Paddler Information	9	(12)
How to Use This Guide	21	(4)
Maine	25	(26)
Dead River	26	(2)
Kennebec River Gorge	28	(2)
Kennebec River, East Outlet	30	(2)
Kenduskeag Stream	32	(2)
Mattawamkeag River	34	(2)
East Branch of the Penobscot	36	(3)
South Branch of the Penobscot	39	(2)
West Branch of the Penobscot	41	(4)
Ripogenus Gorge	41	(2)
Seboomook Section	43	(2)
Piscataquis River	45	(2)
Sheepscot River	47	(1)
Souadabscook Stream	48	(3)
New Hampshire	51	(18)
Contoocook River	52	(2)
Merrimack River	54	(2)
Mascoma River	56	(2)
Pemigewasset River	58	(2)
East Branch of the Pemigewasset	60	(3)
Smith River	63	(2)
Swift River	65	(4)
Vermont	69	(12)
Ottaquechee River	70	(3)
Wardsboro Brook	73	(2)
West River	75	(2)
First Branch of the White River	77	(2)
Winhall River	79	(2)
Massachusetts	81	(16)
Deerfield River	82	(4)
West Branch of the Deerfield River	82	(1)
Monroe Bridge Section	83	(2)
Fife Brook Section	85	(1)
Earmington River	86	(2)
Hubbard Brook	88	(2)
Quaboag River	90	(2)
West Branch of the Westfield	92	(2)
North Branch of the Westfield	94	(3)
Connecticut	97	(14)
Farmington River	98	(3)
Housatonic River	101	(4)
Natchaug River	105	(2)
Roaring Brook	107	(2)
Sandy Brook	109	(2)
New York	111	(18)
Black River	112	(3)
Boreas River	115	(2)
Fish Creek	117	(2)
Hudson River Gorge	119	(3)
Moose River	122	(4)
Sacandaga River	126	(3)
Pennsylvania	129	(34)
Lower Youghiogheny River	130	(4)
Slippery Rock Creek	134	(2)
Dark Shade Creek, Shade Creek, and Stony Creek	136	(3)
Pine Creek	139	(3)
Loyalsock Creek	142	(3)
Lehigh River	145	(5)
Nescopeck Creek	150	(2)
Tohickon Creek	152	(3)
Delaware River	155	(5)
Muddy Creek	160	(3)
Maryland	163	(32)
Youghiogheny River	164	(8)
Savage River	172	(4)
North Branch of the Potomac	176	(6)
Sideling Hill Creek	182	(3)
Antietam Creek	185	(3)
Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers	188	(4)
Gunpowder Falls	192	(3)
West Virginia	195	(52)
Gauley River	196	(11)
New River	207	(8)
Middle Fork River	215	(2)
Tygart River	217	(7)
Laurel Fork of the Cheat River	224	(2)
Blackwater River	226	(3)
Big Sandy Creek	229	(4)
Cheat River	233	(6)
Meadow River	239	(4)
Cranberry River	243	(4)
Appendices	247	(10)
A. Water Level Resources	248	(5)
B. Map Sources	253	(2)
C. Whitewater Schools	255	(1)
D. Organizations	256	(1)
E. Web Resources	257

Excerpts

The Upper Gauley is one of the finest runs in the eastern Appalachians. It¿s big, tough, dangerous, and intoxicating. The river flows through a magnificent, steep-walled gorge with few easy access points. At 2,800 cfs the rapids are complex and intense. There are eight major rapids in the Class IV+ to V category on the stretch from Summersville Dam to the Bucklick take-out, with innumerable "minor" Class III¿IV drops. But although the whitewater is challenging, the fast water is separated by long pools. These provide a welcome break in the action, allow for rescue, and provide time to appreciate the cliffs and forests of this remote, unspoiled canyon, now managed as a national river by the National Park Service.

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