[ApproachingLight]

Thanks for commenting, you guys. The cold was harder than the hike though. Got a pair of those waders from Gander Mountain for $29 in case i fell through, but never went through or got wet once. The path down has two turns that make you pause. Once down you follow the foot tracks that follow the water line where the growth line meets the water. The hardest part was having to use a monkey wrench to punch through layers of ice to get 40-50 feet up to get the icicle shot. I hope someone else does this. Really a blast. David

[sd40]

I'll add: WOW. The day started at -12 below south of Avon. I would not have gone out to the river in this cold for anything. Hats off! I especially like the first shot on the 24th. I feel the cold.

[hobkyl]

Yikes man! Hate to say it but with the speed of the moving water...I don't think waders would have done much for you. Id be very interested in going sometime...but would not want to go alone. If you'd like some company...I might be up for that.

[jroz]

Yikes man! Hate to say it but with the speed of the moving water...I don't think waders would have done much for you.

Not to mention hypothermia. Sometimes people's disregard for safety baffles me...

[Bill_K]

Nuts but, the shots were worth it.
One nice thing about the cold...it keeps the hookers, crack heads and pimps out of the parking area.

[ApproachingLight]

Gosh, it really wasn't that bad guys. I think i am not communicating well. I could clearly see elevated rock 2-4 feet above water level, just before the growth line starts at the shore.So I knew the whole time I was above the water and at the shoreline. As someone noted already, fishermen regularly use this trail and hike the same route i took, directly to the falls to fish. As an aside, the waders are the best winter glen climbing investment this year. Very warm. Except for the shutter-finger hand I was very toasty the whole time down there. Honestly. If someone wants to go some weekend, please let me know. david

[Matt]

$111M RG&E upgrade occurring in Genesee River gorge

In the lowest level of Station 5, hand-laid walls of beautiful cut stone bring to mind the foundation of an old farmhouse, or a musty catacomb.

Nearby hangs a collection of huge wrenches, once used to tighten giant bolts but now, tarnished by time, serving only as a reminder that Station 5, a hydroelectric generating plant hidden away in the Genesee River gorge, has been around a very long time.

Rochester Gas and Electric Corp., which has owned the plant since the current version was opened nearly a century ago, is in the latter stages of a $111 million upgrade of Station 5, the largest of three hydroelectric facilities the company operates in Rochester.

more here
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/art ... iver-gorge

[Artist4God]

Some photos I took of Rochester's High, Middle and Lower Falls in August of 2011. Enjoy! (Trying to remember how to add videos too...help!)

High/Upper Falls

Middle Falls

Lower Falls

Middle Falls Panorama

[Artist4God]

"Approaching Light"... Absolutely STUNNING shots! Thanks for sharing them here! God bless. Rose

[Artist4God]

Rochester, New York's "High/Upper Falls" (Not sure how to add videos...so I'm trying 3 ways)

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[Artist4God]

Rochester, New York's Middle Falls

[Artist4God]

Rochester, New York: Lower Falls

[spyac]

Wanted to add a couple shots of Lower Falls in Rochester @ Maplewood park area ... one has similar perspective to one that Rose had taken, Hard to believe such views can be found in the heart of a urban / city area !!!

[Matt]

It's a wonderful falls in high flow and in low flow has much character. I have seen photos of people fish from below. I wonder how to get down there.

[spyac]

It's a wonderful falls in high flow and in low flow has much character. I have seen photos of people fish from below. I wonder how to get down there.

I haven't been down there on the Maplewood section, I intended too one day however had gotten distracted by the photos I posted above. (it happens often).. anyways although it says no gorge access... if you walk down the stairs and then into the woods heading north along the gorge bank you will ultimately come across a path that people have made going down there... the rivers banks are well traveled from what I've seen on the east side of the river.. and I also have seen many people down there on the west side. Anyways this is what I am told by others who have been down there.