gale and little rivers

[bryan]

anyone know the current state of the gale and/or little river crossings? thinking about galehead and the twins in a couple days. did they ever get a new bridge up at the larger gale crossing?
thanks.

bryan

 

[poison ivy]

The bridge has not been replaced. Haven't been there since January so I can't comment on the river levels though.

- Ivy

 

[Waumbek]

Water levels on the east Branch of the Pemi have been below median the last few days, but the river is rising today towards the median as rain/snow continues overnight. There are no gauge measurements for the Gale River. Note that "median" for April can be high. I doubt that the bridge has been replaced yet and won't be at least until the Gale Loop Road dries out enough to truck in the supplies.

 

[grouseking]

Here is the Ammonoosuc River in Bethlehem, which is quite close to the Little River and Gale River. I would suspect that the flow on the Gale and Little River are higher, since they usually are normally. Here

grouseking

 

[Oldmanwinter]

Went up Garfield on Saturday (5/8/06). The South branch and the little tributaries were higher than last week but everything was still crossable (stepped on some rocks just under the surface). Won't take much though to make them too high.
OMW

 

[DougPaul]

The main stream crossings on the Garfield Tr are easily avoided by short bushwacks and the snowmobile bridges.

Doug

 

[Oldmanwinter]

The main stream crossings on the Garfield Tr are easily avoided by short bushwacks and the snowmobile bridges.

Doug

Didn't know that on the way up, so I wetted my boots a little but crossed the snowmobile bridge and did the short bushwack on the way down. Thanks