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| Quechee Gorge |
The sky seemed to brighten, and blue sky peeked through the clouds
as I crossed into Vermont on Route I-89.
Unfortunately, the sunshine would be short-lived.
I drove across four states to join Marshall Moore’s NHAMC trip on
the Ottauquechee
River. The Ottauquechee
arises Green Mountains near Killington and flows generally eastwardly across VT
before emptying into Connecticut River. The
river is probably best known for the Quechee Gorge – a deep canyon that can be seen as you drive over the Quechee Gorge Bridge on
Route 4. We would be going a little further upstream to run the 9-mile section
from West Bridgewater and Woodstock.
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| A typical section of the Ottauquechee |
When I arrived in the put-in at the ball fields in West Bridgewater,
I found that most of the group had already arrived. We would have eleven boats, all canoes – 5 polers, 4 OC1s
and 2 OC2s. The plan was to put in upstream at the Route 100A bridge in
Bridgewater Corners, and take out at the White Cottage Snack Bar about a mile above
Woodstock. We quickly ran the shuttle and got on the river.
The river was at a nice level – 3.5 feet, 100 cfs. on the West Bridgewater gage. At this level,
the river is mostly quick water with some easy class I/II rapids. It is
certainly pretty as the river twists and turns through woods and farmland. The
skies were cloudy, but other that a brief rain shower, we had a great day.
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