Newport

Thanks to Allan Berggren for the following description The whitewater section of the Croydon Brook is 3 mi. north of Newport on hwy 10. We leave a shuttle where the brook crosses under the highway, and drive upstream 1.5 mi. to the put-in, where the brook arches close to the road. Narrow, secluded, creek-like, with large mossy rock eddies. A narrow passage around a 100-ft island on the right is runnable except at low levels. The Final Four is behind the second s-turn, with a brisk left-to-right flow, with a sneak route far left at higher levels. The main 4-5 foot pour-over is behind an initial ledge wave, and is followed by a series of 1-ft. ledge drops continuing for the next 75 yds beneath the highway bridge. Take-out is on the left. Parking is possible immediately south of the bridge on the west side, but the adjacent road is private. Usual put-in is at a discontinued iron bridge 1.7 miles upstream directly across from Glidden Road, where there is enough parking space for about 6 vehicles (when there are no snow banks on the highway!) Additional Information on Flow: Word of warning: at higher flows, this is no longer a II/III. For example: at 5ft this was probably III+/IV-, if not class IV.