North
Below Staunton Dam to Spring Creek (Route 727)
May 7, 2013
Trip Report
| Reporter | Justin Abel |
Ran it today at around 130 cfs on the Stokesville gauge (maybe an inch or two above 0 on the put-in bridge), and there was much more scraping than I anticipated, bit of a let down. If you're coming from a distance, I'd say wait till the 200-300 cfs range as a minimum to make the trip worthwhile. Plenty of strainers on the river, but nothing too extreme. Check the previous comments for the bad one. Always keep an eye downstream, new ones are inevitable. A possible alternate take out would be the left bank at Camp May Flather. You can see the buildings and climbing wall from the river. It'll avoid the last lower mile which has multiple strainer pile-ups. And rapid wise, you won't miss anything. Looking forward to seeing this one with more water.