Ausable, W. Branch

Joe Stumpfel and I ran this section at on Sunday, June 26 at about 500 cfs on the Au Sable gauge. It was a good flow for the gorge but the Flume itself was too low. The left (where most of the water goes) drops into a horrible pothole. The right (a 25-30 foot drop through a narrow notch) would have been runable with a little more water. We did a 20+ foot seal launch on the cliff on the right. The drop above the Flume (a narrowly constricted 15 foot double drop) was still pretty heavy at this low flow and would probably be real beefy with more water. Demon Falls (just downstream of the Flume) was a fun 8-10 foot drop. Overall, this is a pretty cool park n huck that would be great to combine with the White Face section, probably would be pretty good at 1000 cfs on the Au Sable gauge.