Deerfield

Here is some footage of the put in area of Fife on 6/1/25 at around 4000 cfs, after raining all day the day before.

In advance of the American Whitewater board meeting at Deerfield Festival, a few members of American Whitewater staff and board got out on the river for a Thursday afternoon summer release.

Zoar Gap

Taken from the Rt. 2 bridge under a full moon.

Carlos running the left line on Zoar Gap.

looks like fun

Fife brook is just about a perfect beginner stream. A nice splashy class 2 rapid at the top. Then pool drop class two until you get to the zoar gap rapid, a nice solid textbook class three. From the road the run looks like its nothing but flatwater, but I was pleastantly surprised. The current moves fast and there is quite a bit of class 2 play the whole way down. Once again, great for a beginner to practice ferry's, surfing and peel outs. With the big rapid in sight of the takeout, makes for a great way to cap off the run!!

The water is pretty chilly as a result of the damn release. We were wearing long sleave tops in August.

The guy that takes all of our pictures finally gets some video of his own!

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 American Whitewater page and my Geocities page.

This is Zoar Gap with the water halfway turned off and the rocks starting to be exposed. Routes are explained.