Center Brook

EJ McCarthy & I ran this circa 1990. EJ was in a Prijon plastic K1 & I was paddling a 4 meter composite Fanatic Slalom C1. We didn't run the manky rock pile at the confluence to the Sandy but ran everything else.

First real drop on the run.

I've paddled around on the top drop only, but have scouted the whole run in 2009. Access at the top is easy off the dirt road, but then the brook leaves the road into the woods. If you want to walk the run to check it out, it requires some bushwacking and hiking on some fairly steep banks. The hardest part of the run is definately in the middle which you can't see from the road. There is a tight slot and a large drop which aims you at a rock at the bottom. Center Brook meets Sandy just after the 90 degree corner/hole on the Sandy. There is an exciting looking slide shortly before the end of the run.

Center Brook is definately a class V microcreek with the middle part probably rated at a class V+. When I walked it last year, there was quite a bit of wood, especially after the hard drops in the middle. If this run were cleaned up, it would make a great adventure for some expert creekboaters!

-Stephan B.