Poesten Kill

Ignore my comment from April 3rd regarding putin access. The Rensselaer Plateau Alliance has built a parking lot and trail down to the base of Barberville falls.
However, please be respectful of the land and property owners if you're taking out at the Rt.351 bridge. All of the land bordering the bridge is private.

On put in access: If you're unloading on Blue Factory Road (above the falls), be respectful of land owners who are upset the land is being turned back over to the town who will have to police the area for 'rowdy visitors' (partying, disorderly conduct, etc.). Do not park anywhere near the bridge at Blue Factory Road. You will get towed, or a boot placed on your car. Do not park in the driveway of the goat farm. This gentleman is kind to paddlers and a pleasure to talk to, but understandably doesn't want his driveway blocked to emergency vehicles. Shuttle drivers should park across from the cemetery in the obvious pull off area on Plank Road (it's a 3 minute walk). If paddlers lose access to the put-in and trail to the bottom of the falls, we essentially lose the whole run, because it's the only access point. Please be respectful.

Take out: Poestenkill Town Hall. During business hours, park in the back and keep changing nudity on the down-low.

Spring 2019 update: The wood report above from 2016 is no longer valid. The run from Barberville Falls to Rt 351 is mostly clear of wood. There is one river right channel closer to the end of the run (small island) that contains a river wide tree in it. When in doubt, take the left channel, but know that this left channel has a history of collecting wood as well.

We had a beautiful 'medium' level at 5.6-5.7 on the Hoosic River/Eagle Bridge gauge. The run is fluid and continuous in sections at this level with few eddies. Paddlers should have confident Class 3-4 creeking abilities. Enjoy this gem of a run!

I ran this late January 2014 at the low end of the gauge. This is an awesome continuous class III run with a few class IV drops spread throughout. All the bigger drops are scoutable and fairly straight forward. There was a strainer towards the end where the river splits around a small island, both paths were blocked so watch out. The whole run with portaging the strainer only took about 50mins but it is nothing but whitewater the whole time.

Hello, I was driving and found this river, I dont know what stretch this was but IT IS RUNNABLE. There is 4 major drops, all waterfall/slides unrunnalbe at lower levals, which is how they where when i saw them, BUT at higher water they seem to be good. There is one man made waterfall, its a 35 foot steep slide to a 8 foot auto boof waterfall. This is runnable at low levels. That was the only one I ran, this was on 4/27/08. anyone want to paddle this run, chrismo1080@verizon.net