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Waterfall NY Class V+

Magilla

Moose - 3. Bottom: Fowlersville to Lyons Falls (NY)

Gauge Conditions
Runnable: 2.0 – 8.0 FT
Photo
Magilla
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description
This one's optional; many paddlers take out before it, and it may not have any water even when the rest of the Moose is running. (It's dependent on yet another dam release.)

It kinda looks like Gorilla on the Green, but it's not as big a drop and the approach isn't so nasty. Nonetheless, don't drop your guard on the approach, either. It's not quite trivial--as seen in the first photo to the right (you know what to do: click on the photo for the full-sized version).

The second photo shows the preferred boof off the drop.

You can also run the middle channel off Magilla--just right of the normal boof line. That's extremely tight; it's easy to bang your elbows on the rock walls on the way down (don't ask how I know).

 

Matilda is another spout off the shelf. Enter a few feet right off the dam wall on the left. The landing isn't bad at higher flows, but brutal at low water (locals walk the dam and run the drop). The water constricts into a slotted channel and quickly snakes around to the lip. Take a few strokes left to try to get centered as you roll off the top of the lip.

 

 

Location
Type
Waterfall
Difficulty
Class V+
Mile Marker
5.1 mi
Directions
View Full Run
3. Bottom: Fowlersville to Lyons Falls
Moose
V 4.0 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater