Topic: Petawawa too low? Please advise.

[Jeffrey J Templeton]

I honestly have no idea.  I never check the level.  I just look at the river on my way to work and back and it looks like a gravel pit right now.

[ylockhead]

Thanks Jeff.  I think you paddle this one often - what do you think is a minimum level for intermediate paddlers?  25ish? 

Interesting.  I ran it last September at around 40 and ran left on Lovers successfully twice.  I alos skipped Suicide, well, because it looked like suicide (ran the left creeky stuff instead).  I think I will wait for the level to go up before heading over there this summer.

[Jeffrey J Templeton]

I looked at it today and it's very low.  Not worth the drive from Ottawa.

[ylockhead]

Interesting.  I ran it last September at around 40 and ran left on Lovers successfully twice.  I alos skipped Suicide, well, because it looked like suicide (ran the left creeky stuff instead).  I think I will wait for the level to go up before heading over there this summer.

[ChristianG]

According to Phil Kompass, it's always runnable but 15 might be pushing it. In comparison, the Rouge is still fun at 14 m^3/s. The Petawawa gets 'creekier' at lower levels, new lines and eddy hoping etc. Railroad rapid might be quite dry. In my experience, the lowest I've run it was at 40 m^3/s. Railroad rapid was quite tricky, and we all walked Lovers because it looked nasty (in fact we ran the left channel slide). But the right channel of Suicide was a nice drop. You might like it, but try to do two laps to make it worth it... If you go, let us know how it went!

--C.

[ylockhead]

Is the Town Run to low to run at 15 cubic meter/second?