Weekend Forecast 3-18-11

The CLIFF WAVE may come in this weekend!

Well we've seen some beautiful weather in the past week with today (friday) being just ridiculous. It was 65 degrees! All this is pointing to some great snowmelt and rising rivers. The surfing outlook for this weekend is again, VERY GOOD!

Since last weekend we've had some ice shifting (Hartlands cleared out) but a good bit of ice remains both upstream of wilder dam on the Connecticut and upstream of Quechee Gorge. As such with rising river levels at least through tomorrow I would recommend against surfing on the Connecticut at Hartlands (main drag wave & sign wave), the 302 waves, and the bellows falls wave and on the Ottauquechee River at Quechee Gorge (well enough wave). Hartlands will probably be too high anyway.

The Campbell Hole is IN... NOW!

It looks like levels will also be too high also for the Excelsior Hole on the Mascoma, Leaf Peeper on Quechee Gorge, bridge hole on the White River, and perhaps even the Sharon dam waves on the White. Which  means.... that the White should be AWESOME this weekend. Right now the Sharon dam RL wave is running (which is nice) and the levels look like they may cruise right on up through the window for sharon dam and into the range for the CLIFF WAVE (best wave in the valley) and the SO-RO wave! If this happens get on it! Levels also look favorable for campbell hole on the Williams and Jungle Bush wave on the first branch of the White (but these two have unconfirmed ice status). Campbell hole levels are currently off the hook.

Enjoy the water, waves, and warmth!! Hope to see you out there.
Jolyon Pruszinski