Kinderhook Creek

Perhaps the first decent of Rossman Falls! I took a small tongue just right of center (though I missed it by a couple feet to the right) and boofed it to try and minimize penitration on landing. As it was I felt the bottom and my paddle came out of one hand on my first roll attempt. Got it on my second. Would be good to study the landing at low water to find the deepest pool. I think if I'd penciled in I would have pitoned on the bottom.

6.5ft on the gauge and high tide

Sweet squirt spot below the Rt.203 overpass

Runnable only at times of heavy run-off, this was dubbed 'Hidden Gem Falls,' the drop marks where a small tributary stream drops over 50 feet down a steep 3 step cascade. While there is no set line, the final drop must be landed flat on river right to avoid a piton. From the putin at the Fitting Rd Bridge to the Urban St. Bridge the stream drops about 70 feet along W Ghent Rd/ County Rt 22

Man-made feature just downstream of Beaver Mill Falls and the Rt. 203 Bridge in Valatie. Comes in around 3.75 ft.

Running Valatie Falls at low water.

View over the lip of the slide line on Lower Stuyvesant Falls. A 60+ foot drop that may or may not be runnable at certain flows.

Right below put-in, behind Main St.

Upper Stuyvesant Falls. The line is to go through the slot where the tree is snagged on river right- boof, hug the pool, and ride the tongue back to the right in a zig- zag. In all the drop is 65-70 feet. First run in fall 2012 at 6 feet, this will run down to 3.25 before the landing onto the shelf is bare rock.

Beaver Mill Falls at the Rt.203 Bridge in Valatie. Dropping in 5 ft right of the bend in the dam on river left either turn right for the boof ledge leading to river center or break left to continue downstream and boof the 'nose' for a clean drop. The drop is easily scouted from the stream-side park and bridge, and has access for easy lapping. Total drop is about 25ft.

Right below put-in, behind Main St.

Kinderhook Creek had a 100+ year flood this September. Not sure what that means in terms of wood moving around, but much of what used to be in the channel from the road appears to have been pushed onto the bank or washed away.