Erie Canal (!) - Lock 32 Whitewater Course


Erie Canal (!), New York, US

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Lock 32 Whitewater Course

Usual Difficulty II+ (for normal flows)

Lockapalooza


Lockapalooza
Photo of Andy Cook by Adrian Vandenbout taken 08/03/05



River Description

This short, sweet section of holes, waves, eddylines, and slalom gates is thanks to the tireless volunteers at the Genesee Waterways Center. It's been open since August, 2001.
The course is open daily from the second Thursday in May to the second Thursday in October.

 

Hours are:

  • Monday- Friday: 5-dark

Direction to the WW course:

Here are  directions and a road map.

 

From East, West and South of Rochester:

  • Take the NY State Thruway (I-90) to Rochester Exit 46.
  • Go North on Route 390.
  • Exit and follow Route 590 North to Monroe Ave.
  • Turn right on Monroe, then turn right at the first light onto Clover Street (1/2 mile).
  • Stay on this road for 1 mile.
  • Lock 32 will be on the right; turn right into the second road after the Canal Park Sign. There's a kayak sign out front.
  • The parking area is located at the end of this road on the Right. There'll be a trailer in the parking area, where you sign in.

From the North

  • Follow Route 590 and get off at the second Monroe Ave exit (going east towards Pittsford).
  • Directions from there are the same as above.

Events

Opening Night

Lock 32 opens the second Friday of May, with a big open house. There is no entrance fee for the night and Lock 32's staff is on hand to give you the full tour of the Whitewater Course and the Canal's Lock and explain how the whole system works.

Lockapalooza

Lockapalooza is an informal competition and festival, a celebration of Rochester's whitewater kayaking community. The fifth annual Lockapalooza will be held August 8 and 9, 2009, with a boatercross, slalom race and rodeo, along with representation from tons of great local and national companies. See the Lockapalooza page for more details on this year's event. For an enormous vault of photos, including tons from the Lock, please click check out Norm's site.

Closing Night

On the closing night in September, we'll get together to celebrate the season and mourn its end. Discounted $5 entrance fee and free food.

 


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Last Updated: 2009-07-14 10:01:06

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Looky Here !

Detail Trip Report  Looky Here !  Erie Canal, NY(205.50KB .jpeg)

Follow Me....

Detail Trip Report  Follow Me....  Erie Canal, NY(218.08KB .jpeg)

Loopy

Detail Trip Report  Loopy  Erie Canal, NY(233.59KB .jpeg)

Ready for Action

Detail Trip Report  Ready for Action  Erie Canal, NY(149.41KB .jpeg)

Slalom Race!

Detail Trip Report  Slalom Race!  Erie Canal, NY(118.16KB .jpeg)

Playing in the last hole

Detail Trip Report  Playing in the last hole  Erie Canal, NY(31.78KB .jpeg)

Slalom in Western NY

Detail Trip Report  Slalom in Western NY  Erie Canal, NY(22.22KB .jpeg)

Lock 32 WW Course

Detail Trip Report  Lock 32 WW Course  Erie Canal, NY(100.37KB .jpeg)

Faceoff

Detail Trip Report  Faceoff  Erie Canal -- Lock 32 WW Park, NY(868.22KB .jpeg)

1st Rapid

Detail Trip Report  1st Rapid  Erie Canal -- Lock 32 WW Park, NY(27.32KB .jpeg)

Flipper

Detail Trip Report  Flipper  Erie Canal -- Lock 32 WW Park, NY(25.23KB .jpeg)

Shippo

Detail Trip Report  Shippo  Erie Canal -- Lock 32 WW Park, NY(25.96KB .jpeg)

Lockapalooza

Detail Trip Report  Lockapalooza  Lock 32, NY(29.80KB .jpeg)

Lockapalooza

Detail Trip Report  Lockapalooza  Lock 32, NY(107.68KB .jpeg)

Horton's Hole

Detail Trip Report  Horton's Hole  Lock 32, NY(271.04KB .jpeg)

Paco throwing ends

Detail Trip Report  Paco throwing ends  Erie Canal (!), NY(488.60KB .jpeg)

ends in the last hole

Detail Trip Report  ends in the last hole  Erie Canal (!), NY(2.78MB .mov)

Lockapalooza fest

Detail Trip Report  Lockapalooza fest  Erie Canal (!), NY(445.98KB .jpeg)


Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

The water runs from the beginning of May until the end of October and is almost completely independent of rainfall. The cost is: $15 bucks for a day ($7 bucks on Friday evening), $165 bucks for a season pass or $90 for a season pass after August 1st and $90 for students.
See the <a href=http://geneseewaterways.org/kayaking.htm> Lock 32 home page for more information.

Report - Reports of Erie Canal (!) Lock 32 Whitewater Course and related gauges

Reports give the public a chance to report on river conditions throughout the country as well as log the history of a river.

Reports

When River/Gauge Subject Level Reporter
Erie Canal -- Lock 32 WW Park [NY] Faceoff Normal Andy Cook
Erie Canal [NY] Ready for Action n/a Matt Muir
6y193d17h48m Erie Canal (!) [NY] Paco throwing ends all boards... Adrian VandenBout
6y193d17h48m Lock 32 [NY] Lockapalooza n/a Andy Cook
6y286d17h48m Erie Canal [NY] Loopy Middle Range Phantom Boater
6y286d17h48m Erie Canal [NY] Looky Here ! Middle Range Phantom Boater

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User Comments
2007-09-26 09:51:42 (1599 days ago)
Faceoff has been consistently good for the past couple years. Really juicy hole that makes for easy
ends, loops, etc. When the water is low it's good for mcnasties, lunar orbits, phonics monkeys,
etc. Cloverleaf was so-so at the beginning of the year, but something shifted in early August and
it's now a really good spinning hole. Horton's has been pretty good for the last couple years. It's
always been really easy to cartwheel. But in the last month or two it's gotten much better for
loops and such. Edit
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Rapid Summary

Mile Rapid Name Class Features (Legend)
0.01st RapidIPlayspot Photo
0.1CloverleafIIPlayspot
0.1FaceoffIIPlayspot Photo
0.1ShippoIIPlayspot Photo
0.1Horton's HoleIIPlayspot Photo

Rapid Descriptions

1st Rapid (Class I, Mile 0.0)

1st Rapid

1st Rapid
Photo of Jordan by Norman R. Deets II @ Normal

This is a set of very crisp squirt lines with a small wave. It's got a very long runout with lots of eddies on either side, so it's very forgiving. It's pretty close to an ideal learning spot for ferries, eddy turns and squirts. Yeah, we need a better name. Any suggestions?

Cloverleaf (Class II, Mile 0.1)
Cloverleaf is a small front-surfing wave. Behind it there's a splat rock and three eddies in the shape of a cloverleaf.

Faceoff (Class II, Mile 0.1)

Faceoff

Faceoff
Photo of Danny Doran by Andy Cook @ Normal

Faceoff is now a super kickin' hole. You can do pretty much everything in it: cartwheel both ways, loop huge (and easily), space godzilla, lunar orbit, phonics monkey. . . It's smiley shaped and a little flushier on both sides so you can spin and set up.
Below is a video from last year's Lockapalooza freestyle competition, which we held at Faceoff.


Shippo (Class II, Mile 0.1)

Shippo

Shippo
Photo of Andy and Danny by Norman R. Deets II @ Normal

An easy, river-wide front-surfing wave.

Horton's Hole (Class II, Mile 0.1)

Horton's Hole

Horton's Hole
Photo of Adam Horton by Don Nelson taken 08/03/05

This is a little bit more user friendly than Faceoff. It'll let you do spins and it's a great place to learn to cartwheel. It's also good at pretty much any level.


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