PA Creekers?

gumpy · Post by **gumpy** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:18 pm

Any Eastern PA (or nearby) creek boaters paddlin' this time of year? Most of my friends think it's too cold! But lots of stuff is running...I need some foul weather friends.

markzak · Post by **markzak** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:04 am

join the Yahoo group: PACreekers

There are lots of active boaters in the Poconos. Myself included. The Water Gap runs are common (Raymondskill, Hornbecks and Shohola) as well as the other local classics.

Nessmuk · Post by **Nessmuk** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:58 am

Gumpy (and Mark)-

You might also want to try this group:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/njnyww/

A bit less extreme a group than the PAcreekers, but we do NW PA runs like the Shohola, Brodhead, and Tohicon, pretty frequently. Mostly kayakers, but there are a handful of open boaters.

I start to lose my enthusiasm for paddling when it goes below 40 (I find it hard to stay warm when I'm constantly kneeling in a bathtub full of ice water), but some of the hardier souls go out into the 20's.

Mark-

Have you ever run Hornbecks and the Raymondskill? I don't know of anyone who has run them in an open boat.

markzak · Post by **markzak** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 3:23 am

Yes, I love those Water Gap runs. I have never dropped them C style, only in a K, but I'm hoping to get Raymondskill in my Spanish Fly sometime this spring.

Good recommendation on NJNYWW, its a good community as well.

Nate · Post by **Nate** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:41 am

gumpy--what sort of water are you looking to run? I would be game. C1 or open boat? I might do either.

gumpy · Post by **gumpy** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:50 pm

Nate- I've been paddling the Toh and Nescopeck, I like them both but want to run Brodhead and other more exciting (steep) stuff like the Black (into the Lehigh) etc. I think we've met at PCC, and I should be at St Joes sunday. I usually paddle an open boat but recently picked up an Atom, so I'll paddle either/or. BTW, Nesco should run tomorrow, we could paddle in the snowstorm...

jinjerbeerd@aim.com

joe

Nate · Post by **Nate** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 6:44 pm

Hey Joe,
Unfortunately tomorrow is a no go for me.
I have done both the Black and the Brodhead--both fun in their own way, but with the Black/Quakake, you have to make sure the water is high enough otherwise its a really tedious and technical run that has much pinning potential.

Nate

gumpy · Post by **gumpy** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:58 pm

So which guage do you use for the Brodhead, and what's a good level?

markzak · Post by **markzak** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:50 pm

For the Brodhead:
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?site_no=01440400

I look for 300 cfs or higher (and rising), but I think it gets run as low as 150.