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Hazard NY Class III

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

Moodna Creek - Pleasant Hlll Road to 9W (NY)

Gauge Conditions
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.

Runnable: 10.0 – 11.5 FT
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.

Location
Type
Hazard
Difficulty
Class III
Mile Marker
4.7 mi
Directions
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Pleasant Hlll Road to 9W
Moodna Creek
II-III+(IV) 5.4 mi
Hazard — Exercise extreme caution in this area.
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater