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Deerfield - 3) Bear Swamp to Zoar Gap (Fife Brook Section)

Deerfield,

3) Bear Swamp to Zoar Gap (Fife Brook Section)

Usual Difficulty	II(III) (may vary with level)
Avg. Gradient	25 fpm

Zoar Gap

Zoar Gap
Photo by Shawn Sullivan @ ~1100 cfs

Gauge Information

Name	Range	Difficulty	Updated	Level
DEERFIELD RIVER AT CHARLEMONT, MA
usgs-01168500	700 - 1500 cfs	II(III)	01h10m	1340 cfs (rc= 0.8 )

River Description

2007 Deerfield releases (Fife Brook) 106 release dates
April	May	June	July	August	September	October
Sat., 7th	Sat., 5th	Fri., 1st	Sun., 1st	Wed., 1st	Sat., 1st	Wed., 3rd
Sun., 8th	Sun., 6th	Sat., 9th	Fri., 6th	Thu., 2nd	Sun., 2nd	Thu., 4th
Wed., 11th	Sat., 12th	Sun., 10th	Sat., 7th	Fri., 3rd	Wed., 5th	Fri., 5th
Thu., 12th	Sun., 13th	Sat., 16th	Sun., 8th	Sat., 4th	Thu., 6th	Sat., 6th
Fri., 13th	Sat., 19th	Sun., 17th	Thu., 12th	Sun., 5th	Fri., 7th	Sun., 7th
Sat., 14th	Sun., 20th	Wed., 20th	Fri., 13th	Wed., 8th	Sat., 8th	Wed., 10th
Sun., 15th	Wed., 23rd	Thu., 21st	Sat., 14th	Thu., 9th	Sun., 9th	Thu., 11th
Wed., 18th	Thu., 24th	Fri., 22nd	Sun., 15th	Fri., 10th	Wed., 12th	Fri., 12th
Thu., 19th	Fri., 25th	Sat., 23rd	Wed., 18th	Sat., 11th	Thu., 13th	Sat., 13th
Fri., 20th	Sat., 26th	Sun., 24th	Thu., 19th	Sun., 12th	Fri., 14th	Sun., 14th
Sat., 21st	Sun., 27th	Wed., 27th	Fri., 20th	Wed., 15th	Sat., 15th
Sun., 22nd	Wed., 30th	Thu., 28th	Sat., 21st	Thu., 16th	Sun., 16th
Wed., 25th	Thu., 31st	Fri., 29th	Sun., 22nd	Fri., 17th	Thu., 27th
Thu., 26th		Sat., 30th	Wed., 25th	Sat., 18th	Fri., 28th
Fri., 27th			Thu., 26th	Sun., 19th	Sat., 29th
			Fri., 27th	Thu., 23rd	Sun., 30th
			Sat., 28th	Fri., 24th
			Sun., 29th	Sat., 25th
				Sun., 26th
				Fri., 31st

Special Events

May ?: Deerfield River Clean-up Week (part of the National River Clean-up Week)
June 2-3: Trout Unlimited ?One Fly? Fishing Tournament, minimum flow at Fife Brook

June 10 (Sunday) Zoar Gap White Water Plunge
June 23 (Saturday): Charlemont Lions Club Canoe Race, Fife Brook
July 27, 28, 29: Deerfield Riverfest sponsored by American Whitewater

StreamTeam Status: Not Verified

Last Updated: 2009-07-21 16:52:39

Events

January 2010
S	M	T	W	T	F	S
27	28	29	30	31	1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
31	1	2	3	4	5	6

(iCal)

Associated Projects

Deerfield River
The Deerfield was one of American Whitewater's first FERC relicensing victory's and remains one of the most impressive and valuable to the paddling community.