Gunpowder Falls

2 - Prettyboy Dam to Falls Road or Masemore Rd.(Gunpowder Gorge)

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September 28, 2025

Nice run with only one strainer to watch for.

ReporterErik Hansen
FlowMedium Flow

Most of us had never run this section before and we were unfamiliar with the hike to the put-in. I suggest taking the right hand path when it splits, going left was not a good choice.

There was a strainer across the entire creek at Spanked Bottom. Most of us portaged river left but a couple went river right and seal launched from the rocks.

It's a fun run, I'd like to try it again with a couple hundred CFS more flow and picking the right trail to the put-in.

Nice run with only one strainer to watch for. – Gunpowder Gorge | American Whitewater