Kaaterskill Creek
Along Rte. 23A to Palenville
January 1, 1900
Trip Report
| Reporter | Jeff Sharpe |
Finding the right level for this waterfall is tricky. Too
low and there's a scary undercut on river left midway
through the drop. Too high and the eddies at the base
of the falls are extremely turbulent.
No one wanted anything to do with this one today. If
you
slide off the left side of the flake at the entrance of
the drop, there is about a 99% chance that you would
be fatally stuffed into an undercut halfway down the
drop.
This view gives you a much better look at the two
bottom drops. This is a pretty straightforward rapid at
this level. At low flows, the trouble maker is the first
drop. Get some speed and hit it with
conviction on the right side and you should be fine.
Ted runs a nice line through Triple Drop.