4.3 - Stubblefield

On a recent virus distancing day, I was inspired to explore the options at Stubblefield. I have attained it at low levels, which was slightly harder than expected only because it gets so shallow. On this day, the level was 4.3 and I was in the Animas.

Putting on at Carderock, I paddled across and then down to admire the handiwork of Old Naked Guy on river right. His dams and islands have really held up. Seemed like there were a couple of little boofs spots, too. If you've not explored over there, it is worth a visit.

Ferried back and forth across Stubblefield itself and decided that attaining would be pretty simple. (Ominous organ music in background) I headed down to Lock 10. On the way back up, I was disappointed to see that they had taken the nesting boxes down off the American Legion bridge.

Arriving back at Stubblefield, I headed back to attainer’s right, where I thought there would be a quick up. Not so quick. Those with a faster boat and/or just better technique likely would have wondered what the fuss was. But I poked around a couple of places looking for the easy route. I made it in the end and wouldn’t call the move hard. But it was complicated, with multiple elements that needed to be connected. But I would be lying if I said it didn’t take some work.

I believe that it can be attained at a lot of levels. I want to come back at higher levels to see if the attainer’s left options would be there. (6 feet?) Again, Old Naked Guy’s work, along with the natural formations, should create a number of possibilities.

Of course, there are trails right along both the banks there, so it would be an easy carry if you needed to portage.