NO PLACE LIKE HOME: WEST BRANCH OF THE DEERFIELD

No Place Like Home, presented by NRS, highlights our backyard runs, ones that have helped shape paddling communities. All rivers are special. Micro creek or big volume classic, there is no place like home.

BY ELAINE CAMPBELL

The entire Deerfield River holds a very special place in my heart, as you may already know if you watched the NRS "Home Run Series," where the main branch of the Deerfield is featured. This time, I want to share my love for the West Branch of the Deerfield River in Readsboro, 1.8 miles down the hill from my house. It’s a classic Vermont IV/V creek that has had a few flood-related changes over the 18 years I’ve been paddling it, but the character of the creek has stayed the same. A beautiful piece of whitewater with awesome boofs, flowy drops, bouldery s-turns, and the iconic "Tunnel Vision" rapid. "I’LL BE HONEST: NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I’VE RUN THE WEST BRANCH, I STILL GET BUTTERFLIES WALKING TO THE PUT-IN. I…

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Kayak Session (Digital) - 1 Issue, Spring 2023

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