Grass,
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Lampsons Falls to Russell
| Usual Difficulty |
IV+ (may vary with level) |
| Length |
7 Miles |
| Avg. Gradient |
30 fpm |
| Max Gradient |
60 fpm |
Lampsons Falls
Lampsons FallsPhoto by Ron Turney taken 11/05/06 @ 700cfs
Gauge Information
River Description
Directions:
Put In: Heading north out of Degrasse on Clare Rd. for 4-5 miles to the yellow/brown sign on
the left for the trail to Lampson's Falls. It's probably about a half-mile easy walk to the water
from there.
Take Out: Continue north on Clare Rd. for 7-8 miles to the first 4-way intersection and head
left towards Russell. Head left down to the bridge in Russell for the take out.
Description:
The trail comes out right at Lampson's Falls, which is Fowlersville-sized but has a bunch of flakes
sticking up that don't look friendly at all; judge for yourself, I had no issues continuing down
the trail to the bottom. From the pool below you have some flatwater to warm up on before dropping
into a nice pool-drop rhythm. Most of the drops are worth scouting just to see the assortment of
possible lines that most offer up. At low water this seemed like a nice creeking progression from
Taylorville on the
Beaver, with a few drops which were definite steps up. Nothing is mandatory and everything was
pretty easy to scout/portage. After about 4 miles of pool drop, the drops go away and you have a
lot of moving easy water down to Russell. This is a good one to hit when everything else in the
area is low.
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Last Updated: 2006-11-13 01:59:33
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User Comments
lot of the holes are pretty sticky at this level. A bunch of fun technical sneak routes are open
too. Lampsons falls looked much harder than IV+. Take your time and scout all the horizon lines and
you will have a great time. The bony flat water runout is nice swift riffles to Russel at this
level. Edit
no-longer existent town at the confluence of the N. branch of the Grasse with the Main branch. This
put-in/take out spot gives boaters at low water a chance to get off the river before the scrappy
section to Russell. It's also the take-out, obviously for those boating the North Branch. It's also
a great place for boaters at flood stage to put-in and ride the haystacks to Russell. Coming from
Russell, turn right (SE) onto dirt/gravel Donnerville road, after old cemetary on left, take next
right. Follow along beaver pond then downhill to confluence. About a mile and a half from main road
to take-out.
were a lot of fun, next few miles a bit scrapy and then the runout was pretty tedious. Did a video
tour; check it out: http://www.flowpaddlers.org/users/andy/speced/lampson/lampson.htm