Printer Friendly Gihon River (Upper and Lower)

Gihon River (Upper and Lower)

Stretch:	Whitcomb Island Rd to Beard Park
Difficulty:	Class IV to IV+ (2xV)
Distance:	3.6 miles
Flows:	1 to 4’ on take out bridge. General correlation to the Lamoille is 1,300 to 2,800 cfs. USGS Lamoille River in Johnston gauge
Gradient:	81 fpm average in the two gorges
Put-in:	Upper: Whitcomb Island Rd, Lower: Rocky Rd
Take-out:	Beard Park near Johnson VT
Shuttle:	3.8 miles, (10 minutes one-way)
Season:	Spring off snowmelt, summer and fall off of rain
Written:	© 2021
Featured in Video A Wet State #158

North East Road Trip 2021: Day 11 Afternoon

Mi 0.2:

Dam (IV).

Mi 0.35:

Right Boof (III).

Ramp (IV to IV+).

Mi 0.5:

S-Turn (III to IV-).

Mustang (V).

Mi 0.7-2.6:

Flat water that moves fills the time between the upper and lower runs.

Mi 1.9:

Covered Bridge:

Mi 2.6:

Bed Head (V).

Ledge (IV-).

Mi 2.7:

Island (IV).

Mi 3.25:

House Drop (III-).

Boogie (II to III-).

Mi 3.35:

Covered Bridge Drop (IV to IV+).

Mi 3.6:

Take-out Rapid (III).

Take-out: From VT-10 in Johnson, head north on VT-100C for 0.4 miles. Turn left onto School Rd at the covered bridge and on the other side, park at Beard Park.

Put-in: Continue up VT-100C for 1.1 miles. If you just want to do the lower turn right at this point onto Rocky Rd and go to the covered bridge at the T in 0.4 miles to access the river. If you want to do the upper, continue on VT-100c for 1.2 additional miles to a right turn on Whitcomb Island Rd. Follow this for 1.4 miles, cross the river and park on the left.

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