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Rapid NY Class IV

Mike's Hole Itself

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

Mike's Hole Itself

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

Mike's Hole itself is relatively easy to avoid by boofing left at medium flows. NOTE: In 2017 a house-sized rock fell from the wall into the water upstream of Mikes Hole. It has had little effect on the run at regular flows but at 1000+ cfs Mikes hole has become a river wide keeper hole where before it flushed on the left.

Location

Other Rapids on This Run (12)

Put In Parking (rough estimate)

Put In Parking (rough estimate)

Put In Pool

Horseshoe Falls

Horseshoe Falls

2nd Rapid

Diagonal Slide

Left Side Elephant Head

Left Side Elephant Head

Elephant Head

Long One

Mike's Hole (lead-in)

Mike's Hole (lead-in)

The Pinch of the Chasm

The Pinch of the Chasm

Take Out

Type

Rapid

Difficulty

Class IV

Mile Marker

0.8 mi

Directions

7. Ausable Chasm to US Route 9

Current Conditions

5-Day Forecast

Whitewater data from
American Whitewater