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Rapid NY Class III

Left Side Elephant Head

Ausable - 7. Ausable Chasm to US Route 9 (NY)

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Gauge Conditions

Ausable River near Au Sable Forks NY Upstream Primary

Runnable: 240.0 – 1,400.0 CFS

Based on 2005 Flow Study.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

The left line through Elephant Head is a good sneak route that avoids the more difficult right line. You can see the big rock in the middle of the river that splits the flow. The left line is right next to, and wrapping around this rock.