READER MAIL: Campbell Hole

AS OF SEPTEMBER 2011 CAMPBELL HOLE IS NOT SURFABLE DUE TO RIVERBED CHANGES FROM HURRICANE IRENE. ANY FURTHER INFO IS WELCOME.

Campbell hole at 2000 cfs

This just in from reader Arthur Keating: "Ok Ill give one up here……the Campbell Hole on the Williams River in Rockingham VT. Best hole in the area but limited windows. Typically 6-10 times per year, but get ready to hit it @ a moments notice as it peaks and drops quickly.  Use the Rockingham guage for the Williams and look for 1000 cfs. More move available than I can do, you can go left or right, decent eddy if you paddle hard, no big deal if you miss it, just hike back up. Best in the spring time as Okemo melts off. Or look for big rains in the summer... The Williams put in is in Rockingham. From the North it would be exit 6 off 91 take a left off the ramp.  Go 4-5 miles towards Chester, past the Vermont country Store and turn right @ the sign for the Rockingham animal hospital/vet. Go 1/4 mile to and park @ the covered bridge. Walk up the railroad tracks for 1/4 mile. And put in on the right. As you start to walk upstream on the rr tracks the river will be on your right. As you walk the river will bend away from the tracks and be out of sight for a few hundred yards. Put in where the river comes back to the tracks. Paddle down steam 100 yards and you are there." Got that dear readers? A good hole! In the upper valley!  Here's the gauge: Williams River @ Rockingham, VT USGS gauge