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Waterfall NY Class IV

Triple Drop

Sprite Creek - Stewart Landing to Youker Road (NY)

Gauge Conditions
Runnable: 2,800.0 – 5,000.0 CFS
Photo
Triple Drop
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

Triple Drop is one of the big drops on the run. The flow divides around an island giving you two options on how to get down. Typically people run the left channel. The right channel can be run but there is a crack in the rock that flow goes into which you want to avoid.

As you approach from The Ledge, ferry from the river right eddy, across the current, to the river left eddy. From this eddy you can scout the left channel or portage. The left channel consists of three ledges in short succesion, two 4 foot ledges then a 10 foot drop. Start working your way down on the left. The first ledge is at 45 degrees to the flow. You want to wait til you've passed the guard rocks to boof off it to the right. Preferably you'll be torwards the top and able to catch the river right eddy below the edge. This is a good spot to stop and set up for next two ledges. From the right move back to the center and keep a little leftward angle as you boof off the second ledge. You have about 15 feet of quick water into the final part of the drop which is about 10 feet. Continue moving from center to the left side. There is a submerged rock wall on the left that is parallel to the flow. You want to be next to it on the tounge of water boofing off the left side of the ledge. The landing zone is narrow, but if you get it, you won't hit anything. You should land so that you are going just to the left of the rock in the outflow.

Location
Type
Waterfall
Difficulty
Class IV
Mile Marker
2.8 mi
Directions
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Stewart Landing to Youker Road
Sprite Creek
III+(V) 4.5 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater