Oswegatchie; Rainbow Falls #3 and Sluice Falls Section #4

Right now I'm still pretty fired up about paddling down the Oswegatchie with Alan Panebaker and Eric Adsit yesterday. This is by far one of the best runs I have ever done in New York State. Great drops, flat pools in between, option to portage everything if you want makes for a great river. The American Whitewater gauge was at 2300cfs, we put on all rather nervous but noticed the river wasn't bursting at the banks but a great level.

We stopped at The Village Inn for a pizza and some beer and had a few locals of the town buy us a beers when he knew Eric and Alan had run Rainbow Falls. Not only did we get a bunch of free beer but Eric was signed into the Harrisville Outdoor club and "Gary" pulled out his Springboks t-shirt from way way back. He was stoked, so was I! Certainly the spot for post Oswegatchie runs.

It was a great day, here are a few shots from the day, all the good ones are locked up for now. More on that later.

Bridge in Harrisville

Eric taking it all in

Alan running the manky Trash Can Falls

Scouting Tooth Ferry

Shaka's after running Tooth Ferry

Alan on line as usual on Sluice Falls

Alan dropping in, Sluice falls

Eric on bottom of Sluice Falls. While shooting my lens hood decided to pop off and take a stout swim (bottom of pic)

The flat paddle out filled with laughter and BIG smiles

Eric, Alan and Gary at The Village Inn, Harrisville, Eric getting signed into the club.

Gary with his Springbok T-shirt -aweh-

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Adirondacks has water - Photos of the day - Otter and Independence Rivers

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Second Annual Spring Moose Fest

Car loaded and ready for the trip up north to Lyons Falls, Moose River, New York

I met up with Todd Caza on Friday while the sun was still out for a warm up lap on the top 4 rapids of the bottom.

Todd sticking his line on Knife's Edge

Saturday morning signing in at the power station

Everyone happy to be on the Moose River

Galen Volckhausen opening up a line on the hard river right of knifes edge

Crystal kept everyone busy.

Danny Doran making Crystal look like a walk in the park.

Alan Panebaker opening up the Alpine Line for the day

The entertainment at the camp ground was world class, a WW2 flame flower.

Many thanks to the town of Lyons Falls who are very accommodating to boaters.

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Photo of the day

With the abundance of water falling from the sky this week in Pennsylvania river levels pushed their gauges of the charts. Here are a few shots from Rock Run yesterday at a great level.

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Worth a Watch

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Inspiration from Skip Armstrong and Ryan Bailey

I've been following Skip Armstrong and Ryan Bailey's work. They capture the river in a very humble, graceful way! Enjoy the vid on this Monday morning. I'm now eager to go boating.

Seasons: Spring from The Banks Mag on Vimeo.

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