Conewago Creek (East)

unknown level

There is a gauge painted on the bridge at S. Deodate Rd. with tally marks up to six or seven. I ran it today with the level reading at three tally marks and ledge upstream of the bridge was one big river wide hole. It was difficult to see the bottom of two or three rapids because the waves blocked downstream vision. I recommend scouting at this level or above to make sure you do not get pushed into trees that partially block the creek in spots.

At this point, the ice that had broken free throughout the gorge created a jam in this calmer stretch before the last set of plunges. We determined the stream to be unrunable and dangerous. We carried the boats out of the gorge, and back to the start point.