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Playspot PA Class III

Cockscomb

Little Conemaugh - South Fork to Johnstown (PA)

Gauge Conditions
Runnable: 8.7 – 12.5 FT

Low runnable to a decent flow. Echo may be approaching the highest it can be run safely.

Photo
Cockscomb
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

Some smaller class 2 waves before you notice a big rock on river left.  The river forms a chute sort of over a river left/center line, too far to the right you will land in a pretty nasty looking curler wave (the cockscomb).  You can ride this out on a nice wave train or eddy on the right to ferry across, surf, do whatever you'd like.  River left allows you also to eddy out, attain back up from the other side, or get out of your boat and hike back to the start to do it again.  Watch the big hole at the end of the wave train on river right at 11ft+  

The loop section starts above this, and this rapid is also accessible via a car or ATV from the dam.  There is a path that takes you all the way back to this.

Location
Type
Playspot
Difficulty
Class III
Mile Marker
1.6 mi
Directions
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South Fork to Johnstown
Little Conemaugh
II-III(V) 9.1 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater