Wardsboro Brook

This may be useful to people passing through for west fest/etc. Take out 'guage' gear is lookers right upstream from the takeout bridge, along the shore. There is a rusty metal gear about the size of a soccer ball. If there is about 1-1.5' from the water to the bottom of the gear, you will have a FUN creeky run. With good river reading skills you can pick your way down having fun(or paying for your mistakes), attaining and surfing with ease, the river has a lot of fun features at this level. If the water comes to the bottom of the gear the river is a more continuous class 2/3(4) read n run, rock hole dodge boof fest. Middle of the gear is more of the same, but expect long swims and holes that will stop you. Technically I think it gets easier but the continuous nature demands solid skills. There are two blind steep drops worth scouting for wood, 1 about a mile in just after you pass under a tall bridge, the river bends right and splits, I stay to the inside corner to avoid constantly shifting wood on the outside. The biggest drop is about 1/2 mile from the takeout, it's a sharp blind left hand corner, scout from the banks on the left. (neither are visible from the road)