Gauge Conditions
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Description
Backender begins with a cartwheeling hole on river left. If the water's above 2.1', or if your boat's below 9.0', this one is worth waiting in line for. Local experts like Jess Whittemore, in long, light glass boats, wow the crowd by attaining this puppy, doubtless an impossible feat in any plastic boat. Just after the hole is the heart of the rapid: a fun little Class III, S-curving rapid with alternating ledge holes into the bottom hole. CAUTION: A sieve in the middle boulder pile about 30 yards below the backender hole at the top of the rapid has sucked in a few kayaks. Be aware of it.
Location
Other Rapids on This Run (18)
Rapid
N/A
Sang Run Put-In
Rapid
III+
Gap Falls
Rapid
IV
Bastard
Hazard
V
Charlie's Choice
Rapid
IV+
Triple Drop
Rapid
IV+
National Falls
Rapid
IV
Tommy's Hole
Rapid
III+
Zinger
Playspot
Trapp Run Falls
Rapid
IV
Heinzerling
Rapid
IV+
Meat Cleaver
Hazard
IV+
Lost and Found
Playspot
III+
Powerful Popper
Waterfall
III
Cheeseburger Falls
Rapid
III+
Wright's Hole
Rapid
III
Double Pencil Sharpener
Rapid
II
Luke's Final Insult
Rapid
N/A
Friendsville Take-Out
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3. Sang Run Road to Friendsville
Youghiogheny
IV-V
9.6 mi
Hazard — Exercise extreme caution in this area.
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater
American Whitewater