4-2-23 Grand River
 

GRAND RIVER CANCELLED DUE TO HIGH WATER
As of 4:30 pm the Grand river is at 6.23 ft and rising.
I thought about moving the paddle to the Mahoning River and doing Struthers to Hillsville but the Mahoning is also rising and is at 4.99 ft in Lowellville. With all the wind damage I don't want to do the upper mahoning until we can scout it for how many trees have come down.
Sorry to Cancel two weeks in a row but I am going to play it safe.

Mike Danko
330-766-3129





Grand River-Harpersfield Covered Bridge to Hidden Valley Metro Park
Trip Leader- Mike Danko
When- Sunday April 2nd
Where- Harpersfield Covered Bridge Metropark 1225 Harpersfield Rd, Geneva, OH 44041
GPS 41.75736653047626, -80.94566197537436
Time 11:30 AM
Length 8 Miles
Class I & One Class II Rapids

TCT will head up North and take on the mighty Grand River. We will be meeting up at the park next to the covered bridge and making our way through the gorge to Hidden Valley MetroParks.
The Grand is a Wild and Scenic River with breathtaking views of steep shale walls.
This will be a cold water paddle please gear up accordingly. Pack a lunch as we will stop near the middle for lunch.
Please post on the website or text me if you plan on coming. 330-766-3129
Mike Danko

I really want to go on this one. Starting to get concerned about the water level though. What would be the no go level? Was 4.3 and climbing at 9pm Friday nite. Game day call?

I want to do this run also. American Whitewater lists 2500 cfs as an upper limit. This translates to somewhere around 5.1 feet. Looks like flow may be peaking this morning around 3250 cfs? How much it drops by Sunday is anyone's guess, but National Weather Service stream prediction gives it a 25-75 percent chance of dropping to around 5.3 by noon tomorrow and continuing to fall if I read the graph correctly.

What to do???
 

I am watching the levels like a hawk and thank you to JP for the finding the graft of the grand prediction. Never seen that before.

Looking over my notes in 2019 the club did the grand at 5.4 ft
In 2010 we did it at 6ft but from Hidden valley to mason landing.

Not sue what to do? Thinking of cancelling.
OR
Looking at moving the Paddle to the Mahoning and going from Struthers to the Hillsville launch. a 6 mile trip.

Or Canceling and doing a side paddle on beaver creek or Neshannock Creek.

I just want to paddle somewhere tomorrow!!

Looks like the National Weather Service prediction has changed to over 6 feet for much of tomorrow. That line of storms that just dumped more rain probably caused an uptick in the prediction.