Mill River

2) Clarendon Gorge(Rt. 103-Rt. 7b)

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April 27, 2019

Trip Report

ReporterKipp

Ran the lower gorge in April 2019, seal-launching off the cliffs 10' into the pool below the large waterfall. The run was class IV at 2400cfs on the AW gauge, super pushy and fast, a few big holes that were sticky, and one log jam on river right halfway down that needs to be avoided by staying left.

Side note - I had a run-in last year with the folks who live next to the Mill rapid, it was late summer and extremely low, too low to boat and we were in the literal middle of the river walking down the rocks exploring. They came out and told us they owned that section of river, and that we needed to walk around it. As we hadn't been on the shore on either side (we started the swing bridge and walked and swam down the middle of the river to the swimming hole at route 7) it didn't really seem reasonable of them, and now see I'm not the only one to have this issue there.