Mahoning River Ytown Section

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Mahoning River Youngstown Section-B&O to Lowellville Ramp
Shuttle Required
Trip Leaders- Mike Danko
When-Sunday, June 26th
Where- B&O Station 534 Mahoning Ave, Youngstown OH 44502
Time 10:30 am
Length-9 miles
Class I & II Rapids

I call this the adventure section of the Mahoning River and we will be able to use the new ramp in Lowellville. These sections offer some easy whitewater with lots of views of the industrial past, but also wall to wall vegetation & Tree's where smoke stacking used to be.
This 9 mile section offers two easy Class II Rapids & several Class I rapids and riffles.
The first class II is right at the beginning called Marshall Street Bridge Rapid. Then later down the river we will encounter an easy Class I wave Train called Cement Plant Wave Train. Once we pass the center street bridge we will encounter the second Class II Rapid called Rebar Rapid. It is a super easy rapid paddle through (Thanks to Chuck Miller) on river left. What makes it a class II in Ron Eells eyes wasn't the toughness of the rapid but the surrounding of the rapid with cement walls on both sides and the rest of the old dam on river right.
Right after that we will go through another Class I wave train called Iron Bridge Wave Train.
After that it is easy flat water to Bob Cene Bridge. Once we pass Bob Cene Bridge we will pass under a temporary bridge where the struthers dam used to be. After that we will encounter a very rural setting with several riffles along the way.
As we make our way down this trip I would like to ask all paddlers to stay together as a group. As I mentioned above there is some whitewater and there are paddlers who like to play at the rapids.
It would be nice for everyone to wait a little bit while we play in the rapids for a little bit then we will continue down the river.
Please post on the website or text me if you are planning on attending
330-766-3129
Mike