Cold

Route 2 hairpin turn to Deerfield River

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May 25, 2025

General Information - Dangerous Wood

ReporterReilly Leith

Generally recommended not to run this under 5ft on the connected AW gauge for the Cold.
There's a giant boulder and several LARGE trees that fell across the main class IV drop, probably sometime around 2022/2023, which is clearly visible from Rt.2 and will need to be portaged. It may be possible for extremely skilled paddlers to run a line far river right if the water is at the right level, but there would be ZERO room for error, as even a small mistake would likely result in being snagged or pinned by several large river-wide strainers.