Printer Friendly Swift River (Lower)

Swift River (Lower)

Stretch:	Lower Falls to Darby Fields
Difficulty:	Class III+ to IV
Distance:	5.4 miles
Flows:	0.5' to 4.0' (1.75' = 3,660 cfs = Medium). Visit the American Whitewater flow page
Gradient:	83 fpm average (The best mile is 100 fpm)
Put-in:	OParking area at Lower Falls
Take-out:	Turnout for Darby Fields
Shuttle:	5.4 miles (10 minutes one way)
Season:	Spring from rain and snow melt. Occasionally off of thunderstorms
Written:	© 2015
Featured in A Wet State #99

North East Roadtrip 2015 - Day 6 Morning

North East Roadtrip: Day 5 Afternoon (South Baker)

North East Roadtrip: Day 6 Afternoon (North Branch Winooski)

Mi 0.0

Lower Falls (IV+ to V).

Mi 0.2:

Boogie (III).

Mi 2.75:

Cabin Gorge #1 (III).

Cabin Gorge #2 (III+).

Cabin Gorge #3 (IV).

Mi 3.5:

Staircase (IV to IV+).

Mi 4.8:

Bigger Boogie (III+ to IV).

For more details on the run, see the AW write-up...

Take-out: From Conway, take NH-113 West out of town for less than a mile before turning right on NH-112. Follow this for 1.7 miles to a turn-out at a sign for “Darby Fields” where the river first gets close to the road. This is take-ou.

Put-in: Continue up NH-112 for 5.4 miles to the large parking and picnic area at Lower Falls.

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