Glover Brook

Flows are a best estimate. Catch this run when the gauge is spiking or very high. If the gauge is falling Glover is probably already too low.

Source: Greg and Sue Hanlon's Steep Creeks of New England, which has more info on this run. Text used with permission.

Directions: from I-93 North, take Exit 30 and follow Rte. 3 North for 2.4 miles. Glover flows under Rte. 3 from the West.

Description by Nate Warren:

RE: Put-in.  Rather than hike up, it is far better to drive up NH-112 to NH-118 (headed West from North Woodstock) to get to the put-in.  There is a dirt road off 118 that crosses a swampy portion of Jackman Brook (a tributary of the Lost River).  Sometimes you will have to park at the start of the road, as it is gated.  Other times you can drive into Elbow Pond.  Whether you walk in along the dirt road or drive all the way to the pond, this route is far quicker and less painful than hiking up the creek from the takeout.  When you reach the pond, and you are looking from the road to the pond, paddle left (South) along the bank and through the swampy sections until you reach an old beaver dam (0.75 miles?) that marks the start of the river.  See directions below.

Glover Brook is possibly the most difficult regularly paddled (a loose term when referring to creeking in NH) creek in the state.  After the lake, the river starts with a short warm-up on before getting steep.  The drops get stacked up pretty quick, though there are generally pools below them.  Plan on plenty of scouting.  The first portage is a few rapids in.  There is a small ledge drop, followed by a gorged in 10 foot slide with an eddy on the left - these rapids can be run, but be carful not to follow the river back right, where there is a five footer that lands on a ledge and then the whole river dumps into a sieve.  At higher flows, portaging the whole section is prudent

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