Pennsylvania whitewater - Montour Run, Allegheny County
Allegheny
county,
Enlow to Groveton section whitewater kayaking, rafting, and paddling information.
CLASS II-III 11 miles
The starting location is a reasonable drive from Pittsburgh, as you can see on the road map further down. The natural beauty of Pennsylvania and the cool fresh water have people coming here. If you've been out of state whitewater rafting and kayaking you might find the rivers here more forgiving, so you'd better keep in mind that many of the rivers here are not very demanding. There's camping available near Montour Run. Getting some good exercise and spending some quality time in nature have a lot of people coming here. No matter if you're whitewater
rafting or kayaking this is an area with plenty of rivers for that. There are nice comfortable hotels here, but if you don’t have reservations you might end up sleeping in your car. Montour Run doesn't have a lot of paddling sections, the Enlow to Groveton section is the only one.
The Enlow to Groveton stretch of Montour Run in Pennsylvania is 11 miles long and has been rated as a class II-III section by American Whitewater. If you have the time you can make this a two day trip, so pack your camping stuff.
Briefly about the general area: The yearly precipitation here at Montour Run is about average; the month of June is the wettest with most of the rain, and February is when it's the driest. At Montour Run through the summertime months highs are in the 80's. For the period of the moonlight hours it's frequently in the 60's.
The cold days of the wintertime come with highs in the 30's, and night lows during the wintertime for Montour Run tend to be in the 10's.
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