Mad River Path – West Greenway
Plan your visit to Mad River Path – West Greenway
Day-of planner for the Mad River Path – West Greenway: Meadow Road trailhead near Route 100, short flat walk on a multi-access river corridor, cold moving water with pebble and gravel entries, and Conditions with live NWS plus the same down-valley USGS trend used at Lareau—not depth at any one stop along the path.
Can I go right now?
Same quick read as the top of Conditions: weather and river can update from public data when it is available; crowd, trail, and similar lines stay from the guide. For hourly detail, water sections, and sources, open Conditions.
- Weather: Partly Cloudy, 29°F. National Weather Service forecast, updated Apr 7, 12:28 AM.
- River flow: 524 cfs. MAD RIVER NEAR MORETOWN, VT · updated Apr 7, 12:00 AM · USGS
- Crowd & parking: Trailhead + path. Weekend heat stacks cars and spreads people along the greenway.
Details
Parking
Park at the Meadow Road trailhead area near Route 100 in Waitsfield following current posting. Keep driveways, farm gates, and the travel lane clear; if the lot is full, do not block neighbors or fields.
Driving approach
Waitsfield on Vermont Route 100 in the Mad River Valley. Use the Map tab for turn-by-turn to the pinned trailhead coordinates.
GPS clarification
Coordinates mark trailhead parking—not a specific wading depth along the greenway.
Trail map, pinned coordinates, and turn-by-turn links: Map.
Seasonal note. Spring snowmelt and summer thunderstorms typically drive the highest flows. Winter ice and short days make the path a different trip altogether.