Can anyone share information on the paddle from Sanford Lake to Rich Lake on the Hudson please?
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You probably mean Sanford to Harris, right? Rich lake is upstream of Harris and the Hudson.
MDB and I were just on the upper Hudson and the Opalescent yesterday...not the best of days.
There are navigable sections below and including Sanford Lake. Below the Opalescent confluence is about 5 miles of river with only a 16 ft drop. When we crossed over the river at the bridge near Tahawus club, it looked really bony, gage at Newcomb is less than 120 ft^3/sec. Below that bridge, the river drops over 150 ft in the 7 miles to the Rt 28N bridge. You would need much more water to paddle all of that.
BTW, the Opalescent was pretty shallow and had a surprisingly strong current...we were wimps and gave up after a mile or two of upstream battle, torrential rain and relentless deer flies, like I said, it was not the best of days.
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Thanks for the reply.
We hiked down the boulder field below the bridge a ways and its pretty miserable, not enough water to run so a lot of lining and stumbling over rocks. Cloud Splitter Outfitters tells us there is about 2 -3 miles of boulder/ rock gardens likely a twisted ankle or broken ribs in there somewhere..
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