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| Doanes Falls |
My original plan was to do the Black River in VT with the NHAMC this weekend
. It would have been a 3-hour drive for a 5-mile run, but it looked good and it would have been something new. Unfortunately, the weather
was bad and the river came up beyond the level the leader was comfortable with, so the trip got cancelled. Fortunately, it was the weekend for the Millers release, and I saw that Conrad was leading a Boston AMC trip on the Upper Millers – crisis averted.
I dropped off my boat at the put in on Blossom Street in Royalston, and stopped to check out Doanes Falls on the way to meet the crew at the take out. When Doanes Falls is running it usually means a good run on the Upper Millers. The level was between 1,350 and 1,400 on the South Royalston gage – a nice class III. At 1,000 it is an easier class II.
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| Running Mile Long |
I met Conrad and Mike at the take out on Crescent Street (799) in Athol. We ended up running the shuttle and paddling with Kaz, Rick, Dave, Glen and Sandy and Peter. The run starts off with a couple of class III wave trains and a big surf wave below the first railroad bridge.
After the railroad bridge is short section of flatwater, and then Mile Long Rapid – a long class III rapid. The river then settles down again until you get to the second railroad bridge. The last class III rapid is the Gorge that begins below the big waves at the lunch spot. Good time as always.
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