A Misty Run on the Mongaup – May 31, 2015

The crew at put-in

I drove through five states to get there (RI, MA, CT, NY, NJ), but it was worth the trip. I made a last minute decision to join a CTAMC trip on the Mongaup River near Port Jervis, NY. We ran the section from the Rio Dam to the Delaware River - about 3 miles. It was a single barrel release - about 600 cfs on the Mongaup gage.  

Mist covered the river as we put in. At this level, the river is class II/easy class III. Rock dodging was the order of the day, and there were with lots of eddies and surf waves to catch. The rapids are a little tougher on the second half of the trip with the largest at the Route 97 bridge and at the confluence with the Delaware River. I’m told that a double barrel release is about 1,000 cfs with lots of long wave trains. After one run thunderstorms rolled in, and that was the end of the day.

Surfing the waves - there were lots of them!

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