Passumpsic E Br, Vermont, US

E. Burke dam-Rt. 114 bridge

Usual Difficulty	II(IV) (for normal flows)
Length	6.3 Miles

Gauge Information

Name	Range	Difficulty	Updated	Level
EAST BRANCH PASSUMPSIC RIVER NEAR EAST HAVEN, VT
usgs-01133000	400 - 1500 cfs	II(IV)	23d05h46m	98 cfs (rc= -0.3 )

River Description

A.J. Seibel shared:

"Put-in @ bean brook road north of East Haven VT and take out just above the dam in East Burke. This upper section is mostly class I-II with intermittent swift water, a great run for beginners or a quick afternoon away."

Posted on VPC by Mark Lienau I have paddled the lower section several times, but just last month I paddled below the bridge in East Burke.

There is a fun technical class II+ drop right at the put in. The river makes a fast right turn but there is a nasty rock right in the middle of the otherwise smooth tongue of green water. Lots of eddies that I needed to back into after I nearly broached on that rock. A quick wave train brings you around the bend to the left to the final drop with a fine surfing wave at the bottom. Although you are right next to the road, you can neither see nor hear it and you have a nice private little play hole. The rest of the run to Lyndonville is class I(+) with some real fun ledge drops along the way. I hear there is more big stuff downstream, But I have never been on it. Mark Lienau

Lat/longitude coords are approximate, from A.J. Seibel's description (above) and Google Maps.