Ausable, W. Branch

Jay Slater and I ran this section summer 2009. There were 2 class IV drops under the bridge at Whiteface and close to 2 miles of class II whitewater before we took out above the Flume (and the drop immediately above the Flume). I think we missed out on some of the action upstream of the Whiteface putin (we put in right at the chairlift upstream of the bridge at the ski resort), but I wouldn't rate it Class V. P.S. The Demon falls drop at the end of the flume is good fun!

This is the log under which Tardif was trapped. This is the kayak as it was found 5 days later. When he drowned, the kayak was parallel to the log.
The rapid Tardif had run before being trapped. He was trapped under the logs that can be seen at the middle-left of the photo.
The Island where Tardif drowned, seen from downstream. The accident happened just upstream and right of this island.