Conemaugh
Johnstown to Westinghouse Rd., Derry Township, PA
July 18, 2016
Trip Report
| Reporter | Sean Lenhart |
Best defined as a lazy river. Majority of the time the rapids are classified as class 1 however can reach class 2 when the area has had alot of rain. You can split this run up differently but alot of the river is not accessible by trail or road. Put in Seward, take out New Florence is a boring section and a low head dam that is apparantly illegal to run but i dont really see why but listened anyway and went through the jungle of portage. Next section from New Florence to bolivar is my favorite section so far. 1 rapid towards the end cork screwed me down through the river so it does have some power even when you start to underestimate it. But overall flat easy river. *Btw, there is still drainage into this river cause you can tell it is too warm, but ph test kit came in healthy so i continue to run it.