Nesquehoning Creek

Ran on 6-19-09 starting WAY up from the Water Filtration site (about an 8 mile run). There were about 5 strainers you had to walk around but the gradient never lets up until about a half mile from the mouth. There were two Class III+ rapids below the last bridge that require scouting, the first a sharp drop (which I ran far left) and the second which bends a sharp right at the bottom (run just right of the center rock and work your way right to avoid slamming into the left rock). I'd rate the run a Class III+ overall because of the continuous nature of the rapids, the creek seems to drop faster than the 66 fpm that Ed Gertler's book states.