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Hazard NH Class IV+

Mill Dam

Pemigewasset, East Branch - Franconia Falls to Woodstock. (NH)

Monitor this Rapid
Gauge Conditions
East Branch Pemigewasset River at Lincoln, NH Downstream Primary
Runnable: 300.0 – 3,000.0 CFS
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Mill Dam
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

Once you view the USGS gauging building on your right, take out on river left on a gravel beach and scout the next drop. The rapid funnels through a cut in the log cribbing of an old delapitated dam then slides over a smooth ledge with two river wide hydraulics. At low water the upper hydraulic is worse, while at high water the lower one is. These hydraulics can hold boats and boaters for sometime and most people choose to walk around this rapid. There is a sneak route on the far left and another just to the left of the holes. The far left requires a paddler to scrape over ledge halfway down if the water is medium or lower. The usual route would be to run the tightrope just left of the holes and right of the shallow ledge. You can easily get off line here and end up in one of the holes.

Location
Type
Hazard
Difficulty
Class IV+
Mile Marker
6.9 mi
Directions
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Franconia Falls to Woodstock.
Pemigewasset, East Branch
IV 9.0 mi
Hazard — Exercise extreme caution. Portage recommended — scout before running.
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater