Tinker's Creek

Tinker's Gorge in Bedford Reservation

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January 1, 1900

Trip Report

ReporterRatt Boy

You oughta see this play area when the river's crankin' along at 1.8 feet! Large, surfable waves, with river debris bouncing under yer boat at warp speed. Fun fun FUN!
This nasty two-tree strainer appeared in Spring, 1997. For several months, it was a portage. Then one of the trees began to break, and it was a sketchy line for the brave and foolish. It's become progressively easier with each heavy rain; now it's quite runnable, with due care, to the left. Anyone who flips and/or swims above should high-tail it for the big eddy, river right, just above this, um, 'feature.'

This slot, on river right just one eddy downstream of the Tunnel, is normally run, but sometimes...sometimes it's better to ferry away from it, waaay over to river left. The ferry's not easy at some levels.

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