Drysuit Testing!

You always hear of people chasing the endless summer or sometimes the endless spring.  Winter, at least in kayak circles, is an under-appreciated season.  What place to better give winter its due than upstate New York and Vermont in early April?  Armed with my Stikine drysuit, I left the sunny southeast (temperatures in the 70s) to head North with my good friend Matt Young for one last taste of winter.  I’d always heard of the good paddling in Vermont and NY in early spring but had never managed to get up there for a test.  Hmmm maybe all that snow and ice had something to do with it.  Anyways, I think I might have to make this an annual trip!  The Green Mountains in Vermont and the Adirondacks of NY have some incredible kayaking.  From the steep, short and technical runs of Vermont to the large rapid-long pool rivers of NY there really is something for everyone.  I must say I thoroughly enjoyed myself and we only bailed on one day of paddling (trust me it was beyond cold!)  Plus when the rivers aren’t running you can always go snowboarding!  One tip, make sure you bring that drysuit… here’s a couple of pics

 

Matt Young stomping the waterfall on the New Haven River in Vermont

 

Getting a little seamed out on the New Haven

 

Large Marge on the Grasse River in NY