Cuyahoga
A. Brady's Leap to wooden landing below Stow Street
| Difficulty | II(III) |
| Length | 0.8 mi |
| Avg Gradient | n/a |
| Gauge | Cuyahoga River at Old Portage Oh |
| Flow Rate as of 58 minutes | 679 cfsI-IIlow runnable |
| Reach Info Last Updated | September 3, 2020 |
River Description
Update on Proposed Whitewater Park!
The City of Kent is moving forward with the next phase of their river restoration project on the Cuyahoga River. As a follow-up to the initial presentation by Recreation Engineering and Planning and the positive feedback from paddlers and the general public; Kent has contracted REP to provide some conceptual designs in 2008. A series of meetings with the various stakeholders were held and the feedback was positive as outlined in the various articles published in the local newspapers. Everyone reading this should consider themselves a stakeholder since this park will benefit all of us whether its used to work on basic skills or as a potential park and play spot close to home. Ohio boaters always get laughed at with our registration decals and numbers on our boats, but there may be some payback. The whitewater park in Kent is looking to get funding from the ODNR and guess where it may come from -- boater registration fees! Grant may fund whitewater park. We are looking to add boater access points near the Riverbend Development on property owned by the City and just upstream of Standing Rock cemetery. This access point would allow canoes and rafts an alternative put-in to the current seal launch option at Brady's Leap. In addition we are considering another access point near the location of the 'new' Crain Ave bridge scheduled for construction in 2009.
It helps that many of the agency representatives are 'paddlers' and understand what is being proposed and the potential opportunities. Stay tuned for more updates and check out www.kent360.com for the latest news.
PUT IN:
Due to the short length of the run and easy access from the trail along river right, any of the parking lots in the downtown are
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Trip Reports
Log in to add a reportRiverbend to Fred Fuller Park approx 2 mile considering river bends and various eddying... playful cl1-cl2, couple rock formations get your attention, but very runnable. Ran MRC Freedom tandom with beginner open canoe paddler in bow, though he had kayak experience we floated well never in touble. Easy to walk / scouted river the day before. My pfd of that section. From Fred Fuller to Waterworks, another 6 miles was very slow, caught 12 smallmouth and a rock bass. lots on floating innertubing in bottom sections.
Just to give everyone an idea of how big the wave actually is.
This is the compression wave that forms at levels above 3000 CFS. The river left side of the island can be sketchy but it is runable but a swim is not recommended.
Just to give everyone an idea of how big the wave actually is.
This is the compression wave formed by the dam bypass at levels above 3000 CFS. The left side of the island can be paddled but is sketchy due to strainers and swimming is not recommended. THIS WAVE IS NOT FOR BEGINNERS.
At about 700 cfs, it's runnable, but non of the waves will hold a boat. It's a great level to take a beginner on to teach basic skills, but if you're wanting to surf look for a higher level.
A Put in at Standing rock cemetary is an option, but it is largely flat water to Brady's leap. Once the river turns right past the Summit street bridge, it is flat water all the way to Monroe. The falls in Monroe are some braided riffles.
was curious if anyone knows if there is a put-in up stream of brady's leap and a take out further down river of stow street, and if it is even worthing running past the stow street bridge
David Hill is one of several people that worked to make this run a reality. This wave is at the end of Chris' Channel (after Chris Wing). Dave's admirers propose the wave be called 'Dave's Wave'.
The seal launch at Brady's Leap.