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Hazard NY Class V

Knife's Edge

American Whitewater 43.6200, -75.2980

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Gauge Conditions

Moose River at McKeever NY Upstream Primary

Runnable: 2.0 – 8.0 FT

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

Scout from the river-right sloping rock face.
The standard line here is the S-curve: ride a very narrow shelf on far river-right, then to drop off the shelf and snake your way between two large boulders (first photo on the right). The middle route, just left of the first boulder, is dangerous at low water, as there's a nasty pothole which caused a fatality in 1987 (see the rescue, second photo on the right). Finally, for the adventuresome, there's a niche boof way river right. Better not drop off the shelf early, as you'll be in a world of hurt in the rocky channel down there. If you don't like the look of the rapid, there's a sneak to the river left of the whole thing.

Difficulty ranges from II-V+ depending on flow and line