Lackawanna Challenge Virtual Kayak Run

Please visit www.lrca.org to see full event information.

Reminder: Competitors must follow social distancing guidelines. We suggest small groups of two to six individuals to run the course(s) within sight of one another and be prepared to render aid to fellow kayakers if necessary. We discourage groups larger than 10 kayakers

This competition is based on the honor system. We ask all competitors to honestly report their own times! Kayakers can also choose their own day and time to run one or both of the courses and report their data.

RULES:

Kayakers are required to read these rules for the Lackawanna Challenge Virtual Kayak Run

• Competitors must follow social distancing guidelines. We suggest groups of two to six individuals. We discourage groups larger than 10 kayakers
• Please keep in mind that you or your group are responsible for your own safety as there will not be ambulance or safety spotters on sight.
• Wear a PFD and have a whistle or horn to signal for help if needed as per PA Boat Regulations
• Choose your own day and time to run one or both of the courses between dawn on Friday, May 29, 2020, to sundown on Sunday, June 28, 2020.
• Register through the LRCA’s registration and report site upon run completion to be officially entered and considered for prizes
• If kayakers wish to compete in both events, they need to register for each event separately
• Report your data honestly.
  
  

To record your time:

• Start time = as soon as your keel leaves the shoreline
• Finish time = when your bow hits the landing beach.
• Lapse time = Subtract your finish time from your start time
• Record River gage at launch site (see information below for details)
• Times to the closest approximate hour, minute, and second
• Record times on the contest registration and report form then submit
  
  

To record River gage information:

Visit www.lrca.org, The Watershed - River Conditions, or click here.

David Maslar Park Archbald launch: Record from the USGS Archbald Gage

Parker Street Launch: Record from the Leggett’s Creek USGS Gage

Here’s what to record within an hour from your launch:

• Date
• Current time
• River’s depth
• Discharge rate in cubic feet per second from the graphs on the gage webpage

Two Run Courses Available:

• “Archbald Whitewater Challenge” – 12-mile course from David Maslar Park on Laurel Street in Archbald to Sweeney’s Beach in Scranton. FOR EXPERIENCED KAYAKERS ONLY! This course contains Class 2 and Class 3 whitewater in the five miles between Archbald and Olyphant
• “Scranton Sprint Challenge” – 3 miles. Relatively flatwater run. From Parker Street Landing in North Scranton to Sweeney’s Beach

Both runs end at Sweeney’s Beach in the Pine Brook Neighborhood in Scranton.

Prizes:

• All entrants will receive a special Lackawanna River, Pennsylvania River of the Year T-shirt.
• Metals presented to First, Second, and Third place winners in each Male and Female class for each course.