St. Regis, Middle Branch
3. St. Regis Falls to Fort Jackson(Silver Staircase)
April 12, 2026
fun trip at lower flows
| Reporter | Owen Keal |
| Gauge Reading | 2.52 ft at WEST BRANCH ST. REGIS RIVER NEAR PARISHVILLE NY |
| Flow | Low Flow |
Me and 3 other people ran this section at 2.52 cfs, currently river bank was clear of strainers. I was weary of how low it was but it was actually the perfect level for us, we had 2 beginners who had their first class 3 today and this was the perfect dificulty. starting off under St. Regis falls the calss 2 was a good introductory to the scope of the river. The first falls we walked, we did not feel comfortable punching the hole on the right and could not see a line through the left side. all the class 3 below that till the broken dam was super good. At the dam I walked the left side and that was a good walk to scramble down to the river and everyone else went on the right and one boat fell in the river and somone swam 30 feet to grab it. below the dam was some baller class 3 (I could see how it might class up at higher flows) one we got to the class 2 there were the ocassional large rock with a pillow in front of it and I was yearinng for a half slice. the class one untill the george needed more water but we pushed through. once in the george the rapids were amazing. the rock walls looked blueish and pinkish and the river bed was smooth bedrock. we could see the old tannery from over 500 feet away and there is a small section of flatish water before the tannery with a slide. on the slide half the group went middle through the hole at the bottom at this level there was no issue. the other half of the group went to the far far left where they scraped their way down the slide without a problem. below this to the riverbed was smooth bedrock on all the corners and the waves were ballin. takeout at the Nicholville bridge was saddening becasue there was still more rapids below the bridge. we parked infront of the church in town and had zero issues.