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| Usual Difficulty | II-IV (may vary with level) |
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| Length | 13 Miles |
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| usgs-01436690 | 640 - 5000 cfs | II-IV | 00h33m | 377 cfs (rc= -0.1 ) |
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| When | River/Gauge | Subject | Level | Reporter |
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| 2y135d00h17m | Never sink Gorge [NY] |
High falls
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It was below minimum | James Dougherty |
| Mile | Rapid Name | Class | Features (Legend) |
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| 0.0 | Denton falls to high falls |
There are several rapids in this section. This description is based on running it at 920 cfs. At said level I would say this section is a CL3+, but I can see how at higher water this could become CL4. The real fun begins at Denton falls where the character of the river changes for the next 1.5 - 2 miles. No real big holes to worry about at Denton falls. but you need to pick your way down. We scouted on river right when we saw the first horizon line, Denton Falls. Once you get to Denton Falls the gradient picks up and the river will get more narrow in places causing the water to get deeper which creates bigger waves and holes. With exception to Denten Falls and High Falls what looked liked horrizon lines disappeared as we got closer so boat scouting sufficed until high falls. At high falls we scouted on river right and was easily able to see our left line. Scouting from the left may prove to be tricky and perhaps a poor choice. We chose a far river left boof. We followed this creeky line which is seperated from the the rest of the river (at least at 920 cfs). Following this creeky section it takes a hard right so we followed the flow around the right turn and driving right to not to get pushed to far left, and boofed into the meat that almost looks like a hole but is not. The trick is when pushing right don't point to much to the right and go over sideways. Two people on my 2nd trip down got stuck for a bit. As long as your kayak is pointed12 or 1 o'clock , you should be fine. We would dive into the water, submerge, and it felt like a big hand pushed me out and upward. A lot of fun. After high falls, the River turns to it's previous character, tame in comparison.
The rest of the way down after High Falls is a lot of CL2, mabe two more CL3 rapids and some flat water.
BTW, the first time down I parked at The hikers parking lot on Katrina Falls road. A bit of a hike in, a quarter mile I guess. Take the blue trail to the first yellow trail on your left. It's worth it if it's icey since we were were able to sliegh ride some portions of the trail which was also fun. I don't know if I would put in this way on a hot day, but it sure cuts off a lot of flat water, mabe a mile and a half of mostly flat.
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but not quite advanced yakkers... A mid-August day found this river running nicely as it is (i
believe) dam controlled. For the first 3 miles we had a good time on the CL2 rapids that were short
and sweet with nice flat water breaks in between. After the first few miles, the river picks up a
bit and for the next few miles becomes CL3. There are extremely isolated - and absolutely
incredible - gorges that twist and turn with no shoreline, just cliff faces. There are 100 ft. high
staircases, quarter-mile long rapids, and ample swimming holes. If there were more places to put-in
and take-out this river would be inundated with kayaks, but the 3-4 points along the river that are
decent entries are 2+ mile hikes (we happened upon a young couple skinny dipping who told us that
their hike to that swimming hole was a mile uphill and then another mile downhill). Because of this
river's isolation, it is DESOLATE. Aside from the naked couple 3+ miles into the river, we saw a
pair of DEC rangers, about 6 hours in - and NO ONE ELSE. No houses, roads, bridges, cell service,
hikers... NOTHING! That is good and bad - bad because if you need any kind of help you are miles
from anything and you have no cellphones and good because the river is pristine and un-spoiled,
teeming with wildlife (herons, bald eagles, muskrats, deer, and more). After about 8-9 miles, there
is a campground, which would probably be a more sane endpoint for this run... After 8 exhaustive
hours, we pulled out at this nice guy's yard. Not only did he offer us a ride 3 miles down river to
our car, but his wife offered us lemonade and cookies. In the end, we had a great adventure, and
will do it again soon, as we ran it when nothing else was running - and this fine river was running
nicely. I will post pictures when we hit this again... Edit
high falls and stood a the base of the falls, river left, where water was droping off just to the
right of me while facing upstream. I was able to see over so at least on river left it's about 5.5
ft. I always hear people going down the right side, middle looked like it would be serious and the
hardest. I never heard someone going down river left but it looked like it would be easy. My
concern would be enough water to land in. It was a beutiful area and at times walking along the
river I would have to back track as the bank would rise until I couldnt go forward due to no more
room to walk and it was way to steep to climb up. Getting out of this river without a kayak might
prove to be difficult, particuliarly if you are injured. I would suggest bringing a USGS map and
compass. There is a trail probably no more than a few yards to a 1/2 mile, depending where you are,
that runs along the river, at least on river left. In places you may find it hard to get to.