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Rapid ME Class III+

Mile Long Rapid

Dead - Spencer Falls to West Forks (ME)

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Gauge Conditions
Dead River near Dead River, Maine Upstream Primary
Runnable: 800.0 – 13,000.0 CFS
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Mile Long Rapid
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

As the name suggest this is a long rapid that gradually increases in difficulty as one heads downstream. At high release levels this rapid is full of holes, some sticky. The biggest ones are at the bottom of the rapid. The best route at the bottom of Mile Long is in the center along the boiling wave train. Note: After GPS measurements during 2007 and 2008 it was determined that Mail Long Rapid is really only 3/4's of a mile long.  (Mile 8.9–9.67).


Location
Type
Rapid
Difficulty
Class III+
Mile Marker
8.9 mi
Directions
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Spencer Falls to West Forks
Dead
II-III(IV) 14.8 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater