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Rapid PA Class III+

"Showers"

Stonycreek River - 2 - Stony Canyon (PA)

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Gauge Conditions
Stonycreek River at Ferndale, PA Downstream Primary
Runnable: 470.0 – 3,000.0 CFS

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
"Showers"
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

To run "Showers," put on at the ballfield in Hollsopple or park at Foustwell and walk up the dirt road. The river funnels into a fast-moving wave train that spits your boat just to the right of a "V"-shaped hole. If a paddler is on the right side of the "V", the hole is a stopper that tends to flip many kayakers. The hole is not sticky if hit directly in the middle of the "V", but paddlers must keep paddling a little to the left to hit the "V" and to avoid a last minute current shift into the worst part of the hole to the right of the "V". Catching the eddy to the left of the "V" is a possibility, as well, but the eddy line must be crossed completely - you don't want to bounce off of it or to lean back leading to a back ender (unless that's what you mean to do). Finally, some paddlers eddy hop down the far river right side of the rapid. There are two smaller holes just downstream and a heavy rock garden below the main rapid that paddlers can pick their way through.

Location
Type
Rapid
Difficulty
Class III+
Mile Marker
1.2 mi
Directions
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2 - Stony Canyon
Stonycreek River
III 5.6 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater