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Hazard NY Class III

Low head dam with recirc below rapid below forge hill road bridge

American Whitewater 41.4572, -74.0367

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Gauge Conditions

Ramapo River near Mahwah NJ Upstream Primary

Runnable: 280.0 – 5,000.0 CFS

The upper limit is a rough guess, based on historical data for this gauge. If you have better beta, please add a comment.

Rondout Creek at Rosendale NY Downstream Primary

Runnable: 10.0 – 11.5 FT

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Description

Ida undercut the small dam on river right below the rapid below forge hill road. After passing Forge Hill road, the river turns right down the bumpy packman rapid (more water right) and then left around a building. For those who run the river, this has been an inconsequential drop of about a foot. Ida probably undermined the dam - or the factory undermined it to shore up the wall afterwards. At higher levels this is a significant recirc...sneak as far left as you can get away with, but no further as speed is the key and there's fu rocks. Winter 2023 someone got caught in a high run (barely touching the rt. 32 dam) and it was waist deep.
At higher water a sneak route has opened up at left.