Crystal - March 14, 2021

I hadn't been to Crystal for years, and now I have been there three times in two months. Nice run, easy bike shuttle, and a paddling partner in Paul who is great to paddle with have made this an easy choice. It’s also nice to get my whitewater boat out.

Crystal is the 3-mile section of the Farmington River from the Route 179 River Trail parking lot in Burlington to the recreational parking area on River Road in Unionville. There are eight rapids that start out easy, and get progressively more difficult as you move downstream. We tend to spend a lot of time surfing and ferrying through the rock gardens. River was at a nice level - 6.2 feet, 1,000 cfs. Paul’s GPS said we paddled 4.5-miles on this 3-mile section, so that is a lot of paddling into the current.

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River Description from American Whitewater