Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania, US
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Holtwood
| Usual Difficulty |
III+ (for normal flows) |
| Length |
2 Miles |
| Avg. Gradient |
5 fpm |
| Max Gradient |
5 fpm |
Mark Cecchini & Rob Terry at Playspot 1
Mark Cecchini & Rob Terry at Playspot 1Photo of Kristen Podolak
Gauge Information
River Description
Holtwood has a number of different boating options:
You can do some creeking in the fish ladder on river left at the breast of the dam. I must warn you
that the river left wall of the fish ladder has holes that are blown out that create sieves. There
is a lot of rebar in the Fish Laddeer. I know a few locals that have run it. When there is a lot of
water coming through the the fish ladder, the dangers are not as evident. I tell people to look at
it first without water before you decide to run it. I typically put in about 1/2 way down the fish
ladder, you still get a little creeking before you hit the pumping Susquehanna.
I typically make a circuit of all of the spots listed below, except for Almond Joy. I have listed
the circuit in logical order. Please note that this circuit will require long upstream
attainments and carry's across islands .
Description of the river right channel
Big Water fun, Class IV
Playspots
Storm Hole
The Play Spot
Other Squirt lines
Put In
Take Out
the playspot list, low water to high water
Storm Hole 5.5 thru 6.7
Playspot 6.0 to 7.5
Playspot II 7.5 to 10+
Powerline 7.5 and up
Rumble Pit 7.0 to 8.0
Pleaseant Surprise 7.5 to 9.5
Rock-N-Roll Hole (aka Almond Joy) 8.0 to 10.0
Accelerator 10.0 to 12.5
Mama Bear 11+
Beartrap 13.5+
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User Comments
the river next to the large warning sign (with the Starrk-Moon sticker) under the powerline. Take
the Trail to the left. If you plan on staying above the bridge, simply attain or walk back up the
the put-in. If you head downstream, you'll want to set a shuttle and take out at the Lock 15 area,
reached off of River Rd. (McCall's Ferry Rd downstream of Rt 372.) Park outside of the gate if
you're going to take off after sunset.<br>
Unfortunately, several people have had their cars broken into here (some more than once). It's best
to leave your valuables at home. Most of the time the theifs steal wallets, cell phones, CD's, and
the like, and don't usually go after the smelly boating gear you leave in your car,but to be on the
safe side, if you have an extra boat on your car, make sure it's locked up securely and it's best
not to leave boats unattended when running or walking shuttle. Consider yourself warned.
Date: Jan 01 2004, 23:12 GMT<br>
From: rhinoboard<br>
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Holtwood is on the Susquahanna River in Southern PA. The good playspots are about 1/4 mile
downstream from the huge dam. Check it out at chasingrain.com
at:<br>
http://www.chasingrain.com/surfguidefs.html<br>
Forum: BoaterTalk<br>
Date: Aug 26 2003, 23:01 GMT<br>
From: loon-moon-soon<br>
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Homeboy Colby Mackley comes in from the Olympic Pennisula borrows a boat and heads out and runs the
big dam left of center. Colby was out scouting the dam yesterday and decided it could be done.
Colby said that he dropped off the biggest horizone line ever out on the big river. Some boards
were missing and the water was just below the remaining boards as he got his ass launched into the
air coming off the lip. Cool stuff on the Susquehanna. Not for others. Don't try this at home.
Brad@Starrkmoon<br>
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