Ottauquechee

All rapids are an easy boat-scout except for 'Well Enough'. 'Well Enough' is visible downstream from the Rte. 4 bridge. Make sure you get out and scout because you'd better leave 'Well Enough' alone.

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By Nathan Lewis

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Quechee Gorge, Ottaquechee River, Quechee, Vermont

'A calculated risk adventure for experts'--Appalachian Whitewater Volume III Quechee Gorge, the stunningly deep but fairly short canyon formed by the Ottaquechee river in Quechee, Vermont, has been a small tourist attraction for about a century. Originally a major impediment to east-west traffic, it is now the site of Route 4's sturdy concrete span. For some time as we passed through on our way to Killington or the Hudson River Gorge, we would pull over and ignore the frozen yogurt and T-shirt vendors and peer over the railing at the whitewater far below.

From that dizzying perspective, the river was indecipherable. What was it like? How do you get down there?

The Quechee Gorge run starts at Dewey's Mills dam, about a quarter mile upstream of the bridge, and finishes at a picnic area about a quarter mile downstream. It's beautiful class III at the medium-low levels, except for one congested Class V just downstream of the bridge.

You'll find some classic creeky whitewater and nifty little play holes, but running the Gorge is as much about finding oneself within a beautiful spot, the gray walls sailing hundreds of feet up to meet the forest's edge, and the bridge leaping from rim to rim. If it's sunny you can expect a few surprised New Yorkers videoing you from far above.

The difficult spot, regretfully named 'Washermachine', drops 6 feet through a four foot wide slot. It's an easy

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