I think I was on it the same day.

I put on with an old paddling pal just after dawn in a torrential
downpour with the Falls Rd gauge at close to 3' and rising. We ran
the 13 miles from Masemore to Sparks and the water got higher and
faster with every mile.

The gauge hit 6 feet when we were taking off, and soon after flashed to
12 feet, overflowing the bridges. Search & Rescue was out after some
folks who got caught in that (found safe and sound).

That was a great, fun run, but at 6' those strainers come up awfully
damn fast and the old familiar eddies are nowhere to be found.

The little sidestream trickle (Lunchstop Falls, or Raven Rock,
depending on which club is naming it) that comes in after York Rd on
river left was a raging torrent and a steep creekers dream.

Grip wrote:

You are right about that! I do love the GP though, it's been a great little
stream and brought many people much paddling enjoyment. Can't tell you how
many noobies we've trained on the upper section. Every now and then I get
out one of my solo canoes (XL13) and join a flat water trip from falls road
down to Monkton. Probably the most fun I've had on it however was two
summers ago when caught in flash flood right below the dam. Water was nice
and clear when we put on, and a great 3.5 ft level. Started raining, the
creek turned all milk chocolate brown, and when we took off, the gauge was 2
feet under water, I'm guessing, 5 to 6 feet.

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Grip wrote:
That's a "brutal" level for the upper GP.......although my first time
down
from the dam many years ago was a foot on the rock. Can you say "palm
portage"?

Grip,

One thing I enjoy about paddling is that, even after 30 years, I still
learn something new almost every trip.

That trip I learned that eyeballing the river level before moving the
take out vehicle 13 miles downriver instead of just checking the
on-line gauge in the morning is a very, very good practice.

I also learned that 1.40 is just about canoe zero for the
Masemore-to-Blue Mount section.