Saranac
4. Foot of Kent Falls to Lake Champlain
April 3, 2005
Trip Report
| Reporter | Todd Haner |
I'd be surfing now if I had a local buddy.
A nice drop below the turnpike dam off 190. This is the beginning of a great run.
Eddy service at first bend on river left to a couple good waves, in this pic waves are actually kinda washed out.
This ledge is usually not a big deal, just another interesting part of the local geology. It is on river left just after the first bend. Kinda looks like a slanted low head dam at this level though.
Nice wave train always at levels above 5ft with eddy service on river left However you can't see in this pic but the hole after the dam today at 6.5 ft seems intimidating!
Run on river right is best and widest unless the BIG hole has formed at the end of the slide. In that case either portage or go far right through more narrow slot and hit the drop then eddy out immidately on river left to avoid big hole. From this eddy access nice waves!
This is what you go over if you opt for the river left slot, then on the slide attempt to break acrossed the eddy line on left to avoid hole at high flows and access wave train. At 4ft and below the first hole at end of slide is a great surf but shallow.
When it looks like this i portage. I know i am a wuss but i swam here before lol..
This is the best wave on the run, it is right after the crib dam drop instantly eddy out river left and catch it! beware of just a little under cut on some of river right wall here.
I decided from scouting today that this is the side you take when water is high and hole is a keeper. It seems it would not be hard to eddy out on river left before the hole. Than catch some waves! I will let you know how this line works out for me in the future. So far I have only run the drop on river right.