Printer Friendly West Branch of the Deerfield River

West Branch of the Deerfield River

Stretch:	Heartwellville to Readsboro Village
Difficulty:	Class IV to V
Distance:	3.5 miles
Flows:	Correlation to the Walloomsac River. 2.0 is low and 4.0 is high (3.25 seemed medium). Visit the flow page
Gradient:	188 fpm from First Bridge at The Wall to the Bridge at Low Chair (154 fpm average total)
Put-in:	Bridge at Howe Pond Rd
Take-out:	Downstream of Reedsboro, VT
Shuttle:	3.5 miles (10 minutes one way)
Season:	Spring from rain and snow melt. Occasionally off of thunderstorms.
Written:	© 2015
Featured in A Wet State #99, in A Wet State's contribution to World Kayak's Video Guide, and John Moore's rapid-by-rapid video

North East Roadtrip 2015 - Day 2

North East Roadtrip: Day 1 Afternoon (Lower Big Sandy)

North East Roadtrip: Day 3 (Big Branch Brook)

Mi 0.0

Readsboro Falls (V to P).

Holey Holey Holey (IV).

Mi 0.85:

The Wall (IV+).

Cauldron (IV to V).

Faceplant (IV to IV+).

Mi 1.0:

Ledge (IV).

Mi 1.55:

Tunnel Falls (IV+).

Breather (IV+ to P).

Tunnel Vision (V to P).

Mi 1.8:

Howe Pond Brook Rapid (IV+).

Mi 2.6:

High Chair (IV to IV+).

Mi 2.8:

Low Chair (IV+).

Mi 3.0:

Confluence with the Deerfield.

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

Take-out: Get to the town of Readsboro Vt in southern VT, just across from the Massachusetts border. On VT-100, take the first road north-west of the bridge over the Deerfield. This is Tunnel St, follow it downriver for 0.7 miles. Park across from the last house on the right.

Put-in: Go back to VT-100 and turn left. Follow it for 2.8 miles to a a pull out just before a road between an old barn and a house. Park at the pull-out and walk down the road to the bridge to put-in. The walk is only 100 feet or so.

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