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Rapid MD Class III

"Triple Drop"

Gunpowder Falls - 2 - Prettyboy Dam to Falls Road or Masemore Rd. (MD)

Monitor this Rapid

Gauge Conditions

Gunpowder Falls near Parkton, MD Downstream Primary

Runnable: 72.5 – 900.0 CFS

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

First drop stay center, second at bottom hit a rock (at lower levels) then (at all levels) make a sharp right turn; at the third drop go center again with a little left angle. Stay away from slanting rocks on river right at the bottom of the third drop which will flip you if you get under them and lean away. Eddy to river left.