Deerfield

A Sunday trip on the Dryway with a whole lot of friends on Deerfield Festival weekend. Good flow and good times meeting lots of people and enjoying some great whitewater.

Trip with American Whitewater board and staff in advance of the Deerfield River Festival.

Interactive Panoram of the Dragon's Tooth taken July 2nd, 2012.

Posted in the event this can help anyone see what the rapids are like in this section of the river after hurican Irene.

http://www.gotlibdesign.com/GD/vr/DragonsTooth\_Seq1\_mr.html

Robert Farmer---I noticed on the Release Schedule Calendar, there is no release mentioned on July 25, 2009, for the Deerfield. Is this just an oversight? It would be nice if the organizers would update the info for this year on the webpage.

There are structural problems with the bridge spanning the Deerfield by the Deerfield #5 Dam. The Town of Monroe and the Town of Rowe will effectively close the bridge to all traffic tomorrow morning (4/30/08). Repairs will take about 8 to 10 weeks to complete. The two towns will do their best to install signage about the closure at alternate routes.

If you want a complete schedule of the water releases for the deerfield, you can go to www.zoaroutdoor.com, then look at the sidebar on the left. put your cursor over the tab 'The Deerfield River' and then a little side menu drops down and you can click on 'Whitewater Release Schedule' and scroll down to the bottom of the page, they have the gauranteed release days listed there. Enjoy! :)

they`re on the 2008 calendar

Could someone please explain to me why in the flows section, it says that the 2008 tentative flows are hidden at the request of Norm Simms and Flow? I understand that these people and organization was instrumental in getting flows restored to the river, but how are people supposed to plan long term if they can't plan ahead for scheduled releases. Just asking because I want to organize a race on the Deerfield.

The sieve is at the very top Labyrinth in river center to the left of the channel.
The sieve is at the very top Labyrinth in river center to the left of the channel.

The sieve is at the very top Labyrinth in river center to the left of the channel.

The sieve is at the very top Labyrinth in river center to the left of the channel.
The sieve is at the very top Labyrinth in river center to the left of the channel.
View of the top three-quarters of Labyrinth. The Terminator Hole is just out of sight next to the large rock at the very bottom of the photo.
The Terminator Hole is usually paddled on the right edge. The left edge is passable as well although it can bring you into the rocks.
Norm gives the sieve a wide berth at the bottom of Labyrinth.
Norm gives the sieve at the bottom of Labyrinth a wide berth.
With the water down the rock sieve is apparent. Note the water flowing thru the sieve and appearing at the bottom of the rocks.
With the water low the 'drain hole' appearence of the sieve is apparent.
With the water low, the funnel effect of the two rocks that form the sieve that traps anything that floats into it is apparent.
Staircase with raft/boat slide at the put in.
At low water, the undercut rock and sieve between the two rocks is apparent.
At low water, the tunnel between the two Split Hair rocks is visible.

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Patrick Rogers ripping Split Hair a new one with his home-made hydrospeed. Or is it a giant bar of Ivory soap?

My second run of the tooth was not quite as planned, but at least it looked good ;-)
Did it again, but it didn't look so cool this time! I call this one: 'why it's good to have a back deck roll,' or: 'how to not get munched by a sticky hole.'

David Nickerson (Esquif U.S. Rep) has a nicer run on Dragon's Tooth than many of the decked boats!

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More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
This was the result of a practice run for the rodeo. I think that Kevin had to use some 'no-name' brand Superglue after running out of his prefered brand. I have known Kevin for about a year and this is the FIRST time I have ever seen him swim. More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.

More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.

I could not resist posting this collection of photos. I saw about 12 swimmers in just about a half of an hour in this section of rapids. The guy in the middle that looks like he is fine is in fact pinned on top of a little horseshoe. More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.

More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.

Surfing just above Dunbar Brook rapid

Not a great wave, not a great hole but it's ok.

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More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.
More of my photos can be found on my NEW kayakingphotos.com page and my American Whitewater page.

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FIRST time kayaker (left) scouting Dragon's Tooth Rapid. I hope he did not rub his chin raw thinking about running the rapid! More of my photos can be found on my American Whitewater page and my Geocities page.
FIRST time kayaker (front) trying to make the eddy on right just above Dragon's Tooth. More of my photos can be found on my American Whitewater page and my Geocities page.
This is NOT the way to run rapids! More of my photos can be found on my American Whitewater page and my Geocities page.
More of my photos can be found on my American Whitewater page and my Geocities page.
More of my photos can be found on my American Whitewater page and my Geocities page.
More of my photos can be found on my American Whitewater page and my Geocities page.

Old wooden dam below the put-in of the Monroe Bridge section. Was replaced shortly after by a concrete menace.

You know what they say about guys in big boats...
Unfortunately, the camera ran out of film before this dude pulled off the rare longboat pirouette into mystery move combination.

Link to higher quality map.
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