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Description

This section, putting in at 'Bruners Run' access (the usual Lower Yough take-out - if you buy a bus token in Ohiopyle \[or just pay the bus driver $5.00\], you can run the shuttle backwards) and running down to Connellsville. There is a nice surfing wave on river left, just below 'Bruners Run' followed by about 2 miles of interesting class II+ rapids. Below that, it's another 1.5 miles to Indian Creek & railroad aquaduct on river right. Then the river enters a beautiful (roughly) 3 to 4 mile gorge through Chestnut ridge. Below that, it opens up and the towns of Dunbar and South Connellsville begin to encroach on the river. After about 2 miles, in South Connellsville, there is a river wide Dam (portage river right). The last 2 (or so) miles into Connellsville are industrial and ugly. Take-out is at the Yough River Park under the US 119 bridge in Connellsville, PA.

Rapids in this Run (4)

Playspots (1)

Playspot

"Surfing Wave Below Bruners"

0.1 mi

Hazards & Portages (1)

Caution: The following locations may require scouting or portaging. Always check current conditions.

Hazard

South Connellsville Dam

9.3 mi

Difficulty

Class II+

Length

11.5 mi

Rapids

1 Hazard

Access Points

Shuttle Info

From the 4-way intersection at the top of the hill on the usual "Bruners Run" shuttle road, turn left (if coming from Ohiopyle) or right (if coming from "Bruners Run"). Go a short distance on this road (Kentuck Rd.) and make a right onto Dunbar Rd. This road becomes Furnace Hill Rd into Dunbar, PA. At US 119 turn right and go down the hill into Connellsville, PA. The take-out is at the river under the US 119 bridge at Connellsville's Yough River Park.

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