Cowanshannock Creek

Just ran the Cowanshannock for the first time today, actually got two laps in. I was pleasantly surprised with the run. It had a nice creeky feel with plenty of different lines to take. Although it is not that long of a run, the rapids are very continuous and it has some nice gradient. My one comment that I would like to make is regarding the shuttle. Because this is a short run, its worth doing some laps, but instead of driving all the way up near 66, behind the mini mart area, you can just drive up to where the iron bridge (that is gated off) crosses the creek and park there. There is a little campsite here and I don't know how much it gets used, but from here it is only a short walk upstream (river right) side of the creek via bike trail to Buttermilk Falls. Today we just walked up above Buttermilk Falls and put in on river right. You do miss a couple of little rapids/ waves to surf but it definitely beats driving all the way up to float all the flatwater. It really cut down on the shuttle time and made running laps much easier and quicker.

Also, there was some wood in the creek, we didn't have to portage anything but just wanted to advise anyone doing this creek that there are blind turns and you do need to make sure that these are clear of wood.