Grass, New York, US

1. Lampsons Falls to Russell

Usual Difficulty	IV+ (for normal flows)
Length	7 Miles
Avg. Gradient	30 fpm
Max Gradient	60 fpm

Gauge Information

Name	Range	Difficulty	Updated	Level
WEST BRANCH OSWEGATCHIE R NR HARRISVILLE NY
usgs-04262500	600 - 3000 cfs	IV+	01h29m	353 cfs (rc= -0.1 )

River Description

Directions:
Put In: Heading north out of Degrasse on Clare Rd. for 4-5 miles to the yellow/brown sign on the left for the trail to Lampson's Falls. It's probably about a half-mile easy walk to the water from there.
Take Out: Continue north on Clare Rd. for 7-8 miles to the first 4-way intersection and head left towards Russell. Head left down to the bridge in Russell for the take out.

Description:
The trail comes out right at Lampson's Falls, which is Fowlersville-sized but has a bunch of flakes sticking up that don't look friendly at all; judge for yourself, I had no issues continuing down the trail to the bottom. From the pool below you have some flatwater to warm up on before dropping into a nice pool-drop rhythm. Most of the drops are worth scouting just to see the assortment of possible lines that most offer up. At low water this seemed like a nice creeking progression from Taylorville on the Beaver, with a few drops which were definite steps up. Nothing is mandatory and everything was pretty easy to scout/portage. After about 4 miles of pool drop, the drops go away and you have a lot of moving easy water down to Russell. This is a good one to hit when everything else in the area is low.