New Haven

Everything goes fine except for Oh by the way and the lead in to playpen are both super manky right now. Oh by the way has had a lot of road blast rock fall in restricting the drop and much of the boogie after. The lead into playpen is a jumbled mess after the water boof. There are lines but few are clean. Hope some actual high water events can clean this up. Oh by the way may need excavation from road debris.

Looks like the new rock in Secret Compartment on the New Haven is in fact not at all friendly, at least at medium-low or lower levels. There was a scary incident this morning when a paddler got pushed left of the new rock, flipped and got sucked out of their boat and under the new rock. They went right through with no damage beyond a torn sprayskirt, though it sounds like it was a tight fit. This was with a level in the 500's. Please be very, very cautious there.

--- Vermont Paddling Club

On August 28th, 2011 Hurricane Irene struck New England. The resulting floods caused extensive damage throughout the region, the worst in over 100 years. More than half the rivers in Vermont and northern New Hampshire recorded their highest flow levels ever. Many roads, guardrails, power lines, bridges, trees and other debris now litter several rivers throughout the region. River beds have been scoured and changed course, many new strainers make navigation problematic at best and downright dangerous at worse. Please realize that the river description you see here may not match current situation after the floods. Use common sense and when in doubt scout especially on blind drops. Also, if you run this river in the next year or so please comment on its navigability, even if there are no problems this will be very helpful. Please report any new strainers or changes to the rapids that will impact future boating.
Thank you,

New rock in All American, now lands in 1-2 inches of water at levels 500 or below.

Hurricane Irene caused lots of changes to some of the major rapids on this honey. See http://www.npmb.com/cms2/e107\_plugins/forum/forum\_viewtopic.php?181259 for some details.

There was a pin situation today around the bend from the put in by the park. In the main flow, river right , on a section I don't have a name for(sometimes people skip this section) They had water flowing over their head but were able to breath by pushing back against the flow. It seemed to take significant effort to get out of the boat and self rescue. Outcome I believe is a knee injury and a little bit of a reminder how things can get dangerous quickly. This was a significant sized group and the victim was the last one in line, so as a reminder always count members in the group, look back once in a while and get a whistle like Trip's without the ball and with a high pitch(I know I want one). My awareness of time during the situation may be a little skewed but I believe the victim was stuck in the boat for just over 3 minutes before they got out. With more water they may not have broke free without rescue. I stay left and then work my way right on this section and that is fun. In conclusion, you never know!.